Re: Reconsider make-backup-files default value

[Christopher Howard]

I would vote for keeping backups turned on by default.

Something I have wondered about for a while is why the kept-old-versions 
default is 2 instead of 1. It makes sense of course that you would want to 
keep, e.g., the original (template) version of a config file, but what is 
special about the first revision you made to it?

When using Emacs' backup system, which I sometimes find useful, I usually 
increase kept-new-versions to 10, though I suppose 2 makes a more sensible 
default.

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Christopher Howard