Subject: Re: bug#53207: 28.0.91; create-lockfiles nil breaks file change detection

From: Philipp Stephani <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 19:41:02 +0100

Am Mi., 12. Jan. 2022 um 19:16 Uhr schrieb Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>:
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> Probably a consequence of 9ce6541ac9, specifically:
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>   * src/filelock.c (lock_file): Don't check create_lockfiles.
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> which would seem to mean that ask-user-about-supersession-threat
> is no longer called when create-lockfiles is nil.
> Was this intentional?

If it's intentional, then it should at least be documented in NEWS,
since it's a pretty big change.