Re: Reconsider make-backup-files default value

[Emanuel Berg]

Po Lu wrote:

> To be quite honest, I don't understand why the default state
> of backup files has arisen for "deep philosophical" debate.
> The number of occasions where backup files have rescued
> someone from a very unpleasant experience, or where they
> have simply provided valuable data after a file was
> overwritten, must be beyond count in the case of any Emacs
> user or installation. Their usefulness is plain for all
> to see.

I think those who don't want it have other forms of backup.
I am one of them and indeed, it came in mighty handy once when
I accidentally deleted a bunch of files.

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