Subject: Re: bug#28945: 25.2; desktop auto save timer does not work

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:10:46 +0300

> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:19:10 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
> 
> >   Once a desktop file exists, Emacs will auto-save it according
> >   to the option ‘desktop-auto-save-timeout’.
> 
> Why is the default value 30 instead of just nil (OFF)?

I don't know.  But this question should have been asked when this
feature was introduced during development of Emacs 24.4.  Now it's a
fait accompli.