Re: [PATCH] When deleting in bookmark menu, prompt for confirmation.

[Stefan Kangas]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> I wanted to run this by folks here to get opinions/review before
>> committing.  It stems from a suggestion by Oliver Taylor in a
>> thread on the Emacs Humanites mailing list (the thread is linked
>> to from the commit message).
>
> Isn't this a backward-incompatible change in behavior?  If it is, then
> (a) I'd prefer the default to remain as it was before, and (b) the
> change should be called out in NEWS.

I don't see how backwards-compatibility is relevant here, but perhaps
you could provide more specifics.

IMO, we should do what we always do: enable this new feature by default
if it is generally useful, and disable it if it is not.  If someone does
not like the change, we already have an option in place to disable it.