bug#66020: (bug#64735 spin-off): regarding the default for read-process-output-max

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 16:27:19 -0700
> Cc: 66020@debbugs.gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > I'll try to recollect the discussion and review the patches one of
> > these days.
> >
> > Paul, your input (as well as that of everybody else on the CC list)
> > will be most welcome.
> 
> FWIW, I'd be in favor of raising `read-process-output-max' to something
> like 40960 (as Eli suggested in this thread), or perhaps some power of 2
> close to that like 32768 or 65536.
> 
> This is based on it being seemingly faster in the benchmarks in this
> thread, and me having used that locally for 2-3 years and noting no
> adverse effects.
> 
> See also the discussion here:
> https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2021-03/msg01461.html
> 
> (I didn't review patch 1 and 2, so no opinion on those.)

I guess we can install all 3 patches and see if anything breaks.