GNU bug report logs - #50849
28.0.50; Proposal for Emacs daemon to signal when being busy

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, visuweshm <at> gmail.com, bugs <at> gnu.support, 50849 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50849: 28.0.50; Proposal for Emacs daemon to signal when being busy
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2022 18:57:05 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2022 08:40:16 -0700
> Cc: 50849 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bugs <at> gnu.support, Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
> 
> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
> 
> >> No, because this will change a long-standing behavior (of waiting
> >> indefinitely).  But we can add a new flag --timeout=NNN to let people
> >> specify a timeout if they want.
> 
> Hmm, is that so bad though?  I'm not sure I see what problem it could
> cause.  Do people actually want and rely on the indefinite waiting?

They can rely on more than 5 or 10 sec of waiting, yes.

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