Poll: is ~/.emacs auto-migration worthwhile? Or too dangerous?

[Michael Sperber]

Rodney Sparapani <rsparapa at mcw.edu> writes:

> Michael Sperber wrote:
>>>>
>>> Auto-migration is annoying.  Especially, when you are trying to test
>>> XEmacs on a new platform where you actually use Emacs for daily work,
>>> e.g. Carbon port.
>>
>> There's something I'm missing: Just say no to auto-migration the first
>> time, and it will remember and not ask you again.
>>
>
> Oops!  I replied to Michael alone, and with some bad info I think.
> What I was missing was what migration meant.  I guess what I thought I
> was answering is not what was going to happen.  So, just to be clear.
> If you say no, then nothing happens, right?  In hindsight, I should
> have just said no and done it by hand.  Stephen's point about custom
> may be a good one as well.  However, if we all just say no, then there
> is no help there, right?  Migration has not happened often enough for
> me to get a good idea of what I should be doing and maybe others are
> similarly confused.  So, anything that can be done to clear this up
> would most likely be helpful.

You've made some good suggestions, and there's probably at least one
thing I can do to improve matters.  It might be until next week or the
week after until I get to it, however.

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Cheers =8-} Mike
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