Poll: is ~/.emacs auto-migration worthwhile? Or too dangerous? (was: Re: [PATCH] fix corruption of ~/.emacs when trying to migrate an init file XEmacs can't fully load)

[SL Baur]

On 10/3/07, Jason Spiro <jasonspiro4 at gmail.com> wrote:

> All:  do you think ~/.emacs auto-migration is worthwhile or not?
> Please write "yes" or "no" to the list.  If you want, add some
> comments.

I hated and opposed this feature when it was proposed, I hated and
opposed it when it was made a default.  I hate it even more
now having to code around it in my current job.

I think it should just be taken somewhere and beaten with a very
large stick until it's dead, dead, dead.

There are exactly 0 valid usages of it and an apparently infinite number
of harmful ones.

-sb