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27.0.50; C-g while a non-main thread is sitting crashes Emacs

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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: 28630 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28630: 27.0.50; C-g while a non-main thread is sitting crashes Emacs
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2017 22:11:24 -0700

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>
>> Cc: 28630 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  tom <at> tromey.com
>> Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2017 12:10:40 -0600
>> 
>> >> Should this be labelled a blocker for Emacs 26?
>> >
>> > Maybe I'm not sure.  It doesn't sound like threads are used much, if
>> > at all, which would make blocking on it silly.
>> 
>> It's understandable that bug 25214 isn't a blocker for this reason, but
>> I think crashing is severe enough to be a blocker, especially since it's
>> somewhat trivial to trigger.
>
> If this trigger never happens in real life, why should we block on it?
>
> More generally, if no one besides my sorry self is interested in using
> this feature, let alone fixing its bugs, maybe we should simply remove
> it from Emacs.

Don't remove it! I am (extraordinarily slowly) working to make Gnus use
threading.

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