Subject: Re: bug#19175: 24.4; make-frame-on-display fails if emacs started with -nw

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 05:38:55 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked],  [email-masked],  [email-masked],  [email-masked]
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:07:37 -0400
> 
> > IME, the fact that a bug never happened (or, more accurately, was
> > never reported) before says nothing at all about its probability or
> > the chance to see it again tomorrow.  These are Poisson processes, and
> > they are known to be nasty in this regard.
> 
> It's no guarantee, but there is actually a very strong correlation
> between the past and the future.

No, there isn't, not IME.

> > Also, should it prove to be a problem, immediately releasing 24.6 with
> > that change reverted is a very simple matter.
> 
> This argument cuts both ways.

But with my suggestion, the average gain is higher.