Subject: Re: bug#68081: 30.0.50; derived-mode and display-buffer-alist

From: martin rudalics <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 11:21:39 +0100

> Thanks.  This is a significant change, so probably not suitable for
 > the release branch.  Do you think the simple change of using the old
 >
 >       (if (get-buffer "*info*")
 > 	(pop-to-buffer "*info*")
 >         (Info-directory))))
 >
 > is okay for installing on the release branch,

Where would we do that?  The context for that snippet has vanished long
ago and we need a buffer we can pass to 'info-setup'.

 > or would you recommend
 > to leave the release branch without a fix and only fix this on master?

Only fix this on master.  The warning for 'buffer-match-p' would be
needed for both - release branch and master - anyway.  Who knows how
many cases similar to this we have.

martin