bug#48478: 28.0.50; yank-from-kill-ring and kill-ring-yank-pointer

[Juri Linkov]

>> > After inserting the edited entry it resets the kill-ring-yank-pointer
>> > for the same reason why the kill-ring-yank-pointer gets reset
>> > when a new entry gets added to the kill-ring after C-w,
>> > i.e. like this line in 'kill-new':
>> >
>> >   (setq kill-ring-yank-pointer kill-ring)
>>
>> BTW, bug#21199 asked to remove the above line from 'kill-new',
>> so C-w could keep the old value of 'kill-ring-yank-pointer'.
>> Maybe this should be optional?
>
> Doesn't the new behavior of M-y fill that niche, albeit by other
> means?

The minibuffer version of M-y doesn't reset the pointer anymore indeed.
But users who prefer the non-minibuffer version of M-y still have this problem.