bug#21695: [External] : bug#21695: 25.0.50; Change most occurrences of `setq' in Emacs manual to `customize-set-variable'? Really?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: "21695@debbugs.gnu.org" <21695@debbugs.gnu.org>,
>         "hmelman@gmail.com"
>       <hmelman@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 17:08:01 +0000
> 
> > An option which cannot be usefully change via setq
> > mentions that in its doc string (or at least it
> > should; if it doesn't, that's a documentation bug),
> 
> Yes, but what about 3rd-party code that doesn't
> bother saying that in doc strings?  Sure, it's
> wrong; but does that recommendation solve the
> problem?

Our manual documents Emacs, not every piece of Lisp out there.  If
customizable options in 3rd-party packages need different
instructions, the developers of those packages should document them.