Re: Patches for Emacs 25.2

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Nikolay Kudryavtsev <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:05:46 +0300
> 
> bug#23076 was wishlist, that's true. And it's fixed in 25.1 already. It's 
> just that the fix introduces a separate problem breaking tramp git commits. 
> That problem is NOT a wishlist. As for modified - the largest modified part 
> in that commit is tramp-tests the rest are trivial changes to ob-core.el, 
> vc-hooks.el, gud.el. If it's still too large, we can just take only that new 
> tramp function, vc-git fix part(that depends on it) and use that. Even if the 
> function is broken somehow, it would not break anything that is not already 
> broken(tramp vc git commits).

The changeset adds 2 new functions, adds 2 new handlers, and uses
these handlers in several files.  It also adds a defcustom, which
already makes it something other than just a bugfix, because it has
clear user-visible changes.  The added code will most probably have
non-trivial consequences, given what it does and how many problems we
had in that area.

So I don't really see how you can claim that this changeset is safe
for 25.2.

Once again, if someone suggests a safer change that fixes the bug
without introducing new features, I will consider it for the release
branch.  But that changeset in its present form is out of the question
for emacs-25, and Michael feels the same.  Sorry.  (People who must
have this change can always patch their local Tramp.)