Re: image.el doesn't associate image-mode with .JPG files

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> I've made my decision about this, and I don't want to argue it
>>> further.
>> Does anybody agree with Richard on this one?

> Technically I prefer Jason's solution, but I think in practice it's an
> extremely minor issue.  I've only ever had problems with uppercase
> extensions on image files, so the less general fix of simply adding
> appropriate entries to auto-mode-alist would suffice for me at least.

Agreed.  It's not necessarily important, but it would come in handy in the
rare cases where your filenames have been accidentally uppercased.

> I also think that as maintainer, it's Richard's right to say "it's good
> enough, let's drop this issue for now" and that people should respect
> that unless doing so would cause real problems -- and in this case, it
> simply doesn't matter very much.

I'd agree to that, but I understand Richard's answer to be "no it would be
wrong to do that, let's never again consider it".


        Stefan