GNU bug report logs - #75574
Adaptive read buffering is a pessimization

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Message #17 received at 75574 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 75574 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75574: Adaptive read buffering is a pessimization
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:55:58 -0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> It wasn't just a good idea, though.  It actually helped fix some use
> cases.

There is evidence that setting it to nil solved issues too:

https://yhetil.org/emacs-bugs/13742752.post <at> talk.nabble.com/
https://yhetil.org/emacs-bugs/1B2B2EF98D55CB41BD16F13B18B9B0080303EF48 <at> FFBRUE001.cfmu.corp.eurocontrol.int/
https://yhetil.org/emacs-bugs/873an4b898.fsf__5420.00031932748$1214278000$gmane$org <at> ambire.localdomain/

> We could begin by setting this variable nil by default and see if
> someone complains.  If enough time has passed without any complaints,
> we could then consider actually removing the feature.

So let's do that.  I have now changed the default on master (commit
8437bcb5c96).

Does anyone object to also marking the variable as obsolete now?

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