Subject: Re: bug#71466: 30.0.50; Buffer-menu-group-by non-nil resets point when Buffer List is reverted

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:36:39 +0300

> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:05:14 +0300
> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
> From: Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]>
> 
> On 18/06/2024 17:46, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > But the original xref-revert-buffer didn't do all those other things,
> > did it?  So invoking it directly will be more similar to what that did
> > before.
> 
> The current xref-revert-buffer already does those things - namely invoke 
> revert-buffer-restore-functions. Even though it's a relatively recent 
> phenomenon.
> 
> And it makes sense to provide this feature to the users of 
> xref-revert-buffer, so I don't see why not.

All things being equal, leaving the old names of the functions and
commands should be preferred.  That's all I'm saying.  It's a minor
issue, but the cost of staying more compatible is also minor.