Re: always put Customizations in `custom-file', never in `user-init-file'

[Jason Rumney]

Drew Adams wrote:
> `custom-file' has never been loaded automatically. Why propose that? What
> problem would that solve?
>   

It would solve a problem that does not exist until the default value for
custom-file is changed. That problem is that a new user has no way of
knowing, and nor should they, that they have to manually add a line to
their .emacs to get their customizations loaded.