GNU bug report logs - #29906
27.0.50; Emacs prompts for passwords in GUI dialog instead of minibuffer

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com, ueno <at> gnu.org, 29906 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29906: 27.0.50; Emacs prompts for passwords in GUI dialog instead of minibuffer
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:57:43 +0200

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 29906 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 16:11:58 -0500
> 
> It seems clear to me that the file was deleted (rather than obsoleted)
> based on a misunderstanding about whether it had been in a release.
> 
> I find it weird that this is just being ignored, but NMP.

It's IMO very unfair to represent what we did about this (see
bug#27445) as "ignoring".  There's a limit to what we can do against
strong opinions of a package maintainer.

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