[debbugs-tracker] bug#12911: closed (24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' files are written)

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whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' files are written
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #12911,
regarding 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) 
`emacs_backtrace.txt' files are written
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> 24.3.50;	let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt'	files are written
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> Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:48:20 -0800
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> Please do not write such files willy nilly to the directory where the
> Emacs process was opened (or whatever).  That is not user-friendly.
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> Please let users decide where to write such files.  Consider even giving
> them the option to prevent Emacs from writing such files altogether
> (short of giving up using Emacs completely).
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> If such user control is not possible, then please confine such files to
> somewhere under .emacs.d or some other "hidden" directory that is
> typically far from the files that a user accesses using Emacs or other
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> Users do not want program-debugging information written to their folder
> of family vacation photos or their favorite lasagna recipes.
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> Think _user_.  Emacs is about users.
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> In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2012-11-05 on MS-W7-DANI
> Bzr revision: 110809 address@hidden
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> Configured using:
>  `configure --with-gcc (4.7) --no-opt --enable-checking --cflags
>  -I../../libs/libXpm-3.5.10/include -I../../libs/libXpm-3.5.10/src
>  -I../../libs/libpng-1.2.37-lib/include -I../../libs/zlib-1.2.5
>  -I../../libs/giflib-4.1.4-1-lib/include
>  -I../../libs/jpeg-6b-4-lib/include
>  -I../../libs/tiff-3.8.2-1-lib/include
>  -I../../libs/libxml2-2.7.8-w32-bin/include/libxml2
>  -I../../libs/gnutls-3.0.9-w32-bin/include
>  -I../../libs/libiconv-1.9.2-1-lib/include'
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> Re: bug#12911: 24.3.50;	let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt'	files are written
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> Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:10:11 +0200
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> > Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:18:29 -0800
> > From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
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> > There's no reason for Emacs to change its behavior
> > on GNUish hosts.  People on these hosts are used to
> > the current behavior with stderr.  Any problems
> > in this area are limited to Microsoft platforms, and
> > can be solved in a Microsoft-specific way.
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> There are no problems on Windows, either.
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> Bug closed.
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