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25.0.95; bug in url-retrieve or json.el

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From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 23750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, sdl.web <at> gmail.com,
 monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA
Subject: Re: bug#23750: 25.0.95; bug in url-retrieve or json.el
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 12:56:23 -0700

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>>>>> Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru> writes:

> Just to be clear: the patch doesn't change the behavior of any working code.
> It just catches a particular kind of bug earlier than it would manifest
> through a cryptic behavior.
>
> Behavior which is non-trivial to debug, and thus adds to the already
> non-trivial effort required of a person writing an advanced language support
> code (using an external daemon talking over HTTP is fairly common for this
> these days).

I get that. But right now, if it doesn't *have* to happen, it should wait.
We're thinking about cutting the release candidate in just a few days, pending
one issue that Eli is looking into. Any change -- and I mean _any_ change --
has the potential to introduce unforeseen effects that could delay us further.

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John Wiegley                  GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F
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