Re: with-editor seems like a bug fix

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
> Cc: manuel@ledu-giraud.fr,  rms@gnu.org,  emacs-devel@gnu.org,
>   jonas@bernoul.li
> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 14:47:07 +0200
> 
> >> TL;DR: I don't believe with-editor is just a bug fix. There are reasons
> >>        for the implementation as-it-is. It might profit from using
> >>        emacsclient also for the remote case (when possible), but nobody
> >>        has taken the stab.
> >
> > I don't see how we can discuss a package which solves problems we
> > don't understand.
> 
> Oh, we understand. When there is no emacsclient on the remote host, we
> cannot use it. with-editor solves this problems.

I meant in the local case.

For the remote case, if you think the solution in with-editor is the
best we can do, let's install something like that in our own code, or
maybe provide a user option for doing that.

> > Until and unless someone describes the problems which with-editor
> > solves in enough detail for us to understand what goes wrong and
> > where, I don't think we can discuss the addition of the package to
> > core.
> 
> Yep, there are more use cases to investigate. But there doesn't seem
> enough pressure (from users) to change the status quo.
> 
> I believe it is OK to keep with-editor in ELPA.

Fine by me.  Removal from ELPA was never on the table.