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bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?
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Alex |
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bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing? |
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Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:45:59 -0600 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:
>>> No. But the people who do and commented in this report don't want it to
>>> apply to packages. So I think it's worth thinking, before adding a new
>>> option, if anyone actually wants the current behaviour.
>> Fine with me. All I said was that if we do add a variable, it should
>> be a defcustom; defvar makes little sense to me.
>
> Maybe the most effective way to "ask" users is to just change the code
> so it doesn't use the trash system (mentioning it in NEWS, of course).
> And then wait to see if someone complains.
>
>
> Stefan
Is that a good idea for new behaviour that results in potential data
loss (from the view of a user that expects `package-delete' to trash
files rather than outright deleting them)? It might be easy to gloss
over an entry in NEWS, after all.
I don't like the default behaviour myself, so I don't personally care
either way.
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?, npostavs, 2017/06/11
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?, Alex, 2017/06/11
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/06/12
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?, Glenn Morris, 2017/06/12
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/06/12
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?, Glenn Morris, 2017/06/12
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?, Stefan Monnier, 2017/06/12
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?, Richard Stallman, 2017/06/13
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/06/12
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?, Stefan Monnier, 2017/06/12
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?,
Alex <=
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?, Glenn Morris, 2017/06/12
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?, Alex, 2017/06/12
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?, Glenn Morris, 2017/06/19
- bug#14967: 24.3.50; package-delete deletes by trashing?, Alex, 2017/06/12