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Re: Confused by y-or-n-p
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: Confused by y-or-n-p |
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Sun, 03 Jan 2021 01:03:00 -0500 |
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> > After this is included in a release, we can ask users
> > to try the value t for a week or two and tell us whether they like it.
> > Then we can tell which default is best.
> This is not practical, IME.
I beg to differ.
Adoption of a new release by users is
> very slow; I wouldn't be surprised if a year passed before major
> distros made a new release their main one. E.g., we are still getting
> bug reports from people who use Emacs 25 and even 24, let alone 26,
> although Emacs 27.1 was released 5 months ago.
That is true, but it may not be a problem. To get useful results, we
don't need most of the community to switch. It is enough to get
answers from a variety of users.
I suggested asking users to try the value t for a week or two. (See
quotation above.) That means, a user should not be too quick to
reject the new setting; give the new feature a try for 10-15 days
to see if it grows on you.
Likewise, we should not be in a hurry about getting the answers. We
can wait a few months if necessary while accumulating users'
responses.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
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