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Re: [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message.
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message. |
Date: |
Wed, 23 Dec 2015 00:10:43 -0500 |
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> > This code blocks the most obvious way for the site to disable the
> > message for all users.
> Why is this important?
So that sysadmins will think twice before disabling the message for
their users.
> It also makes the init file of a user following the docstring of
> inhibit-startup-echo-area-message less portable.
In what sense "less portable"? What does it need to be portable to?
If you answer that, we can judge whether this issue matters.
> Further, it forces
> particular syntax upon users not using the customize interface.
That is no great loss.
The feature is important, and these alleged disadvantages seem to be
so minor they hardly exist.
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Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org)
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