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Re: Hotfixing older Emacsen? Was: [ANNOUNCE] Emacs 25.3 released
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Nicolas Petton |
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Re: Hotfixing older Emacsen? Was: [ANNOUNCE] Emacs 25.3 released |
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Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:48:12 +0200 |
Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> > Crazy though: why don't we hot-patch existing Emacs installations?
> > Concretely, that would mean including that fix in a widely used ELPA or
> MELPA package. Then users would get the fix upon the next update.
>
> This verges on a universal back door, aka "auto-upgrade"
> which is a form of malware normally found in proprietary software.
What if the user was asked for a confirmation before upgrading? Would
that be a good solution?
Cheers,
Nico
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