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Re: Hunting the culprit package
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T.V Raman |
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Re: Hunting the culprit package |
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Wed, 31 Aug 2022 17:31:24 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
I disagreethat we were not a "resounding" success;
1. We were successful as you pointed out.
2. We were still making noise -- so that meets the "resounding" bar.
>> Because magit is hooked into so many places, every part of Emacs was
>> giving some error. For example, pressing RET on an info node was also
>> not working.
>>
>> An external package can cause so much damage. Can this be prevented?
>
> :-)
>
> Emacs tries to make a lot of things possible. It also tries to prevent
> bad things, but it tends to be pretty conservative in this respect since
> the two goals are in conflict.
>
> To the extent that your problem prevented you from using Emacs but
> did not make you lose work (presumably), then I'd consider that the
> efforts we make to "prevent bad things" were successful.
> Maybe not a resounding success, admittedly.
>
>
> Stefan
>
>
--
Thanks,
--Raman(I Search, I Find, I Misplace, I Research)
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