bug#20322: 25.0.50; indent-tabs-mode should default to nil

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru> writes:

> I've got only one argument: the longer we want, the more we continue
> confusing new user coming to the editor

The longer we wait? This has the default (according to Git) since at least
1991, or 25 years now. Probably much longer, since that commit is just there
to begin the Git history.

What about the needs of existing users who'll become confused by our changing
such an established default on them? When did pleasing the expectations of new
users become a driving force for these types of changes? We can also expect
new users to learn how Emacs does things, too.

What I would *like* is for tabs to insert spaces. But a change like this
affects far more people than just the target audience. We need an excellent
reason to do this.

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