Subject: RE: bug#18844: Trunk: typing in minibuffer gets spuriously echoed in mode line

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:25:30 -0700 (PDT)

> > That gets rid of it; thanks.  Please turn this OFF by default.
> 
> It's a great feature, please keep it on.

Even if you, as one user, think it is a great feature, why should
it suddenly be *on by default*.

> We've seen some votes in favor of it already too. If it annoys the
> majority of users, we'll see a lot more of dissenting voices.

*Seen some votes* means nothing.  Not seeing "a lot more" dissenting
voices means nothing also.

> And Emacs trunk is a good place to experiment with new features,
> which won't necesarily make it into release.

People can experiment with new features without Emacs turning them
on by default.  And that is generally what is done.

> > Let those who want to try it turn it on and experiment with it.
> > Maybe after a few years we can discuss whether it merits being
> > turned on by default, if many people clearly are using it at
> > that point.  Turning it on now without discussion is premature
> > and anti-user/community.
> 
> Nobody really has to use it for a few years to decide if they like
> it or not. 

Right.  But a user deciding whether s?he likes it or not is not
what this is about, is it?  You are requesting that this be turned
for *all* users, by *default*.

> And there's no need for a years-long discussion about it
> either, it's not that big a feature.

It's not that big a feature => don't turn it on by default.