Re: Confused by y-or-n-p

[Gregory Heytings]

> > > It is very easy to compare without having both behaviors in the same 
> > > binary: just keep old binaries around.  That's what I do, and it 
> > > allows me to quickly see what was past behavior, and even perform a 
> > > quick "bisection" when some new problem is reported.  Highly 
> > > recommended.
> >
> > That's what I do, too.  But you can't expect regular users to do this 
> > to compare two behaviors in order to give feedback.
>
> Why not?  This is not about any user, this is about people who track the 
> Emacs development.

One of the things Richard had in mind in his proposal was "poll the users 
and see who likes [the new behavior] _and why_".  Perhaps I misunderstood 
what he meant, but for me "the users" is much broader than "people who 
track the Emacs development".