Re: Confused by y-or-n-p

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: juri@linkov.net, rudalics@gmx.at, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
>       larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com
> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:28:06 -0500
> 
>   > The assumption is that if we didn't have a complaint during all the
>   > time the features was on the development branch and then in the
>   > pretests, it probably means most people are okay with it.
> 
> That is a valid conclusion, as regards experienced users.
> 
> But surely that should not impede us from adding a user option
> to get the old behavior -- if due to an omission we did not
> make one.

It doesn't impede us.  Where adding an option is practical, it is
certainly a good solution for such problems.  The assumption I
described above is a factor in the decision whether to revert a
change, not whether to make it optional.  The latter is a no-brainer
where it's feasible.