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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>,
>  emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>,  Stefan Kangas
>  <stefankangas@gmail.com>,  Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:23:56 +0800
> 
> Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> >> 7. Suppose a longtime user doesn't read the NEWS etc., and _does
> >> nothing_.  What happens then?  Is there a problem?
> 
> How about ignoring all of that, and asking the user where to save his
> customizations when he tries to save them for the first time?

How do you define "the first time", exactly?

Users can use several different systems and/or user accounts.  Some of
them start a session and keep it running for long times, others start
very short sessions for specific jobs, then exit Emacs.  A user could
start Emacs for the first time in his/her life, or he/she could be a
veteran Emacs users with many customizations.  The definition of the
"first time" should reasonably support all of these use patterns, and
possibly others as well.