Re: bug#55540: 29.0.50; ERC launches autojoin-channels in current frame instead of original frame

[J.P.]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> "J.P." <jp@neverwas.me> writes:
>
>> Really, the only safe option is `bury' (well, maybe also the proposed
>> frame stuff in Pankaj's patch, but only when an extra, ERC-specific
>> frame already exists, which we can't count on). That said, there's no
>> reason we'd have to stick with existing options/behavior when choosing a
>> new default. I guess it just comes down to what users want to happen.
>
> I think the default action should be to do nothing to the window setup
> at all, and just add the notification to the mode line.

I believe changing the default for `erc-join-buffer' (alone) to `bury'
is the easiest way to achieve that.

Thus, if no one objects within the next week or so, I will add the patch
below or similar to trunk (and what will become ERC 5.5), along with a
related NEWS entry. Thanks.

0001-Bury-new-ERC-buffers-by-default.patch
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