Re: [External] : Re: Default custom file was: Re: Propose to add setup-wizard.el to ELPA

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 19:47:55 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> said:

    >> From: Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti@gmail.com>
    >> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 18:35:19 +0100
    >> Cc: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>, 
    >> emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
    >> 
    >> If something is long-standing, I'd rather have it in init.el and leave 
custom.el for "experiments".
    >> Wouldn't that make interacting with emacs more dynamic/attractive to new 
users?

    Eli> Robert's and mine concern in this case is about old users who have
    Eli> their customizations written to .emacs/init.el.  We shouldn't move the
    Eli> customizations behind their backs.

Exactly. Although we could offer a migration command (and when I say
'offer', I mean 'describe in NEWS', not 'prompt when they run Emacs').

Robert
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