Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: stefan@marxist.se,  larsi@gnus.org,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:00:07 -0500
> 
> > What do we tell all those (myself included) who require generic-x in
> > their init files?
> 
> I don't know what they need to be told.
> Can you clarify what broke or risks breaking because of the change?

I thought it was clear: suddenly those users will have a gazillion
modes defined they never intended to use or load or even know about.

> > And while at that: why did you think that variable was ugly and had
> > to go?
> 
> Because a file that defines different sets of functions depending on
> some configuration variable tends to be problematic (I can't remember
> the exact issue that prompted my suggestion but it was related to that
> IIRC).

I'm sorry, I don't really see any problem with that.  We have lived
with that problem for many years.  So I tend to think the cure is
worse than the disease.