From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 19:36:24 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Suggest consolidation with user customization when the
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Suggest consolidation with user customization when the
system default of a customized variable changes.
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diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index 676e09a73f9..613ff0a095f 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-07-08  David Kastrup  <dak@gnu.org>
+
+	* TODO: Suggest consolidation with user customization when the
+	system default of a customized variable changes.
+
 2006-07-08  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@gnu.org>
 
 	* compilation.txt: Add an example "Compilation started ..." line.
diff --git a/etc/TODO b/etc/TODO
index c636d7dd7a8..02edc2671a7 100644
--- a/etc/TODO
+++ b/etc/TODO
@@ -171,11 +171,18 @@ typically due to pilot errors and should thus be in debug-ignored-errors.
   to save their changes. If the user says yes, show them
   in a Custom buffer using customize-customized.
 
+** Record the sxhash of the default value for customized variables
+  and notify the user (maybe by adding a menu item or toolbar button,
+  as the detection can occur during autoload time) when the default
+  changes (meaning that new versions of the Lisp source with a changed
+  default value got installed) and offer ediff on the respective
+  customization buffers.
+
 ** Emacs Lisp mode could put an overlay on the defun for every
-  function that has advice.  The overlay could have `after-text' like "
-  [Function has advice]".  It might look like
-     (defun foo [Function has advice] (x y)
-  The overlay could also be a button that you could use to view the advice.
+  function that has advice.  The overlay could have `after-text' like
+  " [Function has advice]".  It might look like (defun foo [Function
+  has advice] (x y) The overlay could also be a button that you could
+  use to view the advice.
 
 ** ange-ftp
 *** understand sftp