bug#28945: 25.2; desktop auto save timer does not work

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:19:10 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: pe.neidhardt@googlemail.com, 28945@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> >   Once a desktop file exists, Emacs will auto-save it according
> >   to the option ‘desktop-auto-save-timeout’.
> 
> Why is the default value 30 instead of just nil (OFF)?

I don't know.  But this question should have been asked when this
feature was introduced during development of Emacs 24.4.  Now it's a
fait accompli.