bug#21695: 25.0.50; Change most occurrences of `setq' in Emacs manual to `customize-set-variable'? Really?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:00:15 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
> Cc: 21695@debbugs.gnu.org, hmelman@gmail.com, rms@gnu.org
> 
> I just checked: on the current trunk, there are 331 defcustoms with a 
> :set.  Out of these, only 49 are set with setq, 33 only at one place, and 
> 16 more than once.  That would require changing 85 setq's into set's.

Please don't.  This is a tail wagging the dog.  We will not disallow
using 'setq' in a setter of a defcustom, it would be ridiculous if we
did.  I'd rather leave this minor issue unsolved than taking such
drastic actions.