bug#48249: 28.0.50; Regression: emacs confused about window configuration due to ido-mode and/or winner-mode

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 06 May 2021 09:57:04 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
> cc: 48249@debbugs.gnu.org, dima@secretsauce.net
> 
> > More generally, that's development for you; without risking such 
> > destabilization from time to time we can never afford significant 
> > improvements. The important question is: will the new-and-improved 
> > behavior be useful or won't it?
> 
> Indeed perhaps the most important question here is: is this a "significant 
> improvement"?  IMO, the answer is clearly "no".

I know, and I think that opinion makes your judgment of the results
too severe.

> > Yes, of course.  The introduction of bidirectional editing support 
> > during development of Emacs 24.1 comes to mind.
> 
> That was, of course, a significant improvement that was worth taking the 
> risk of destabilization.

I wish you were here when that was introduced and heard some of the
opinions voiced back then (and still being voiced from time to time).