Re: 26.1: calc-mode header line [PATCH]

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2020 22:35:16 -0400
> From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> > Can we please make this change backward-compatible, i.e. have a way
> > for users to get the previous behavior by setting calc-show-banner to
> > the nil value?
> 
> OK, if you're certain that the current/prior behavior isn't itself a
> bug, in that the user asks calc-show-banner to be nil but gets a banner
> anyway.

Yes, please.

> > Or maybe make your changes conditioned by a new value of
> > calc-show-banner, different from nil and t? Or maybe it's better to
> > introduce a new option?
> 
> No need to clutter up with more options for something this trivial. If
> your judgment is that the current behavior isn't a bug, let me know and
> I'll just adjust the calc-show-banner-nil case to keep the current/prior
> behavior.

I don't have an opinion on this matter, I mentioned the possibility of
a new option only as an idea worth considering.

> > In any case, there should be a NEWS item about the new behavior.
> 
> Slow news day? Diff against this URL?
> 
>    https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/plain/etc/NEWS

Yes, thanks.