GNU bug report logs - #64596
30.0.50; On FIXME: in src/buffer.c:1481 (force-mode-line-update)

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Message #68 received at 64596 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 64596 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64596: 30.0.50; On FIXME: in src/buffer.c:1481
 (force-mode-line-update)
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 22:06:38 +0300

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 64596 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 17:46:09 +0000
> 
> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> 
> > What we need in order to investigate is a somewhat reproducible test
> > case and for that we need the bug to be exposed to as many users as
> > possible to increase the chance that one of them bumps into
> > a good recipe.
> >
> > The variable is not used to investigate, but to make it ethical to
> > expose users to those potential bugs because they can set the var to
> > recover the old behavior as soon as they're tired of playing the
> > guinea pig.
> 
> +1.

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