Subject: Re: bug#38718: Emacs `compile' command does not handle remote (over TRAMP) file name correctly

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:47:14 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

> I suggest to have the patches posted in the relevant bug reports, and
> have the problem description in etc/PROBLEMS which mentions the bug
> numbers and the availability of patches for Emacs versions before 27.

This would be etc/PROBLEMS of Emacs 27.0.50. Why shall it describe not
solved in Emacs 26.3, but solved in Emacs 27.0.50?

One idea I have is to provide a patch-26 package via GNU ELPA. But this
has disadvantages: It could patch only Lisp code. And it must be
guaranteed NOT to run for Emacs 27.

> Thanks.

Best regards, Michael.