GNU bug report logs - #10608
local-enable-local-variables

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:58:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: quiet <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: local-enable-local-variables
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:56:50 -0500

Package: emacs
Severity: minor

From bug#10506:

local-enable-local-variables - a strange variable. AFAICS (see my
comments in files.el), its only real use is as a minor convenience
feature for visiting RMAIL BABYL files with M-x find-file. Should it be
declared obsolete? Should it affect directory-local variables (it
currently does, I think)?
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Message #4 received at 10608 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10608 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10608: local-enable-local-variables
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:32:59 +0100

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> local-enable-local-variables - a strange variable. AFAICS (see my
> comments in files.el), its only real use is as a minor convenience
> feature for visiting RMAIL BABYL files with M-x find-file. Should it be
> declared obsolete? Should it affect directory-local variables (it
> currently does, I think)?

It's also used in arc-mode and tar-mode now, so the usage has increased
by an incredible 200%!

I have no opinion whether it should be obsoleted, though, but...
perhaps not?  Opinions?

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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Message #7 received at 10608 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Colin Baxter <m43cap <at> yandex.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 10608 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 
Subject: Re: bug#10608: local-enable-local-variables
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:15:25 +0000

>>>>> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

    > Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:
    >> local-enable-local-variables - a strange variable. AFAICS (see my
    >> comments in files.el), its only real use is as a minor
    >> convenience feature for visiting RMAIL BABYL files with M-x
    >> find-file. Should it be declared obsolete? Should it affect
    >> directory-local variables (it currently does, I think)?

    > It's also used in arc-mode and tar-mode now, so the usage has
    > increased by an incredible 200%!

    > I have no opinion whether it should be obsoleted, though, but...
    > perhaps not?  Opinions?


What about the fact that 'local-enable-local-variables' does not ignore
any mode setting in a -*- line and is therefore different from
'enable-local-variables'? I would have thought this uniqueness in itself
would ensure that the variable should be kept and not obsoleted.

Best wishes,

Colin Baxter
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Message #10 received at 10608 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Colin Baxter <m43cap <at> yandex.com>
Cc: 10608 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#10608: local-enable-local-variables
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 07:51:10 +0100

Colin Baxter <m43cap <at> yandex.com> writes:

>     > It's also used in arc-mode and tar-mode now, so the usage has
>     > increased by an incredible 200%!
>
>     > I have no opinion whether it should be obsoleted, though, but...
>     > perhaps not?  Opinions?
>
> What about the fact that 'local-enable-local-variables' does not ignore
> any mode setting in a -*- line and is therefore different from
> 'enable-local-variables'? I would have thought this uniqueness in itself
> would ensure that the variable should be kept and not obsoleted.

Nobody had any further comments within a week, so there doesn't seem to
be much enthusiasm for removing this variable, and I'm closing this bug
report.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
bug closed, send any further explanations to 10608 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:52:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Added tag(s) wontfix. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:23:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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