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24.4; make-frame-on-display fails if emacs started with -nw

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Message #85 received at 19175 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: nicolas <at> petton.fr, jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se, 19175 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 mb <at> becroft.co.nz
Subject: Re: bug#19175: 24.4;
 make-frame-on-display fails if emacs started with -nw
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.

> 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.


        Stefan

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