Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:

> Alvaro Ramirez <alvaro@xenodium.com> writes:
>
>> Included a with/without sample in the NEWS for clarity.
>
> Thanks.
>
>> Any chance we can consider on by default? If folks aren't 
>> enabling
>> dired-hide-details-mode, then this feature is technically 
>> already
>> off by default. I'm thinking for those who do use
>> dired-hide-details-mode, there's possibly a likelihood they may
>> want to hide this detail also.
>
> I always use `dired-hide-details-mode', and I definitely would 
> _not_
> want this feature on.  It doesn't help and makes Dired much less 
> useful
> for me.  That's only one data point, of course.

Ah interesting. Strangely, I haven't really missed always knowing 
the full path. If I need it, I can quickly toggle via "(" 
binding. Then again, I'm also only one data point. Maybe give the 
setting a try? Might grow on you ;)

In any case, off by default it is. Updated the patch.

>
> But given that we're usually pretty conservative with changing 
> the
> defaults, I recommend adding this as an optional feature at 
> first.
YuYup. The feature remains optional (it's got its own boolean 
setting). Off by default now.

> If it picks up in popularity, we could always reconsider later.

Sounds good. Is there an emacs-devel/maintainers preferred method 
to determine settings popularity?

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