I missed the beginning of the thread, which apparently originated at debian-devel. I assume Karl wants to re-introduce ~/.xemacs/init.el and ~/.xemacs/options.el files in the Debian version of XEmacs. karlheg(a)cathcart.sysc.pdx.edu (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: Has it occurred to you that you could be wrong? If a patch is "small", it doesn't mean that its effects are negligible. Either way, it's an important *interface* change. As a matter of principle, Debian maintainers should not indulge in such things. I was kind of hoping that having a familiar (your) face for the Debian maintainer would improve things, not make them worse. Karl, just what are you talking about? The file is named `~/.emacs', and the newbies have edited it for ages, along with the experienced users. Since when has it become "silly"? Is it a new Debian fashion that the rest of us simply can't understand? Partly because noone could think of a good migration path. Of course it is. But: if you don't have time to do the work, don't take the responsibility. Sorry.