bug#10873: 24.0.93; `report-emacs-bug' obscures bug-reporting buffer (!)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:06:15 +0100
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
> CC: drew.adams@oracle.com, larsi@gnus.org, 10873@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>  > Can we save the window configuration before deleting other windows,
>  > and restore it once the report is sent?
> 
> Conceptually, ‘save-window-excursion’ should not be used around
> ‘display-buffer’ although it might be harmless in the case at hand.

If it's harmless in this case, why not do it?

> I have no opinion other than that fixing this particular problem might
> introduce problems for people who would, for example, like to write a
> report based on the appearance of text shown in a particular window.

They can always display that window when they want to.  They know it
existed, so they will know where and how to look.

OTOH, having the bug-report buffer not show at all is much worse: a
user who is not very fluent in reporting bugs, or maybe even does that
for the first time, will never know what to look for.

> So to be sure: Does the present report warrant the proposed solution?

If you can propose a better one that has fewer potential problems, I'm
all ears.  If not, let's solve this bug that way.  We must solve it.

Thanks.