Re: reconsider vc-make-backup-files default

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dave Love wrote:

> I think the default for vc-make-backup-files is wrong (not making
> backups for vc-controlled files).  It's bitten me in the past and I've
> just had an aggrieved user who lost work ask me about it.


How did that happen?  All I can imagine is that he deleted the file
altogether.  What version control system is he using?


> People assume Emacs will try to prevent them losing work that way by
> default, and you can do a lot of work on vc-controlled files between
> checkins.

Yes, you can.  But I'm happy with the current default.  Big changes
between checkins usually take a long time, and at my site I've got other
backups (daily Network Appliance disk snapshots and Veritas incremental and
full tapes).

I assume you've put (setq vc-make-backup-files make-backup-files) in your
site-start.el for your users, until the default gets changed.


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