Re: [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message.

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 20:41:31 -0500
> From: Mark Oteiza <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> >   > It also makes the init file of a user following the docstring of
> >   > inhibit-startup-echo-area-message less portable. 
> > 
> > In what sense "less portable"?  What does it need to be portable to?
> > If you answer that, we can judge whether this issue matters.
> 
> An individual using their username to disable the message will not
> necessarily be able to use the same config across different sites.

I suggested to allow the value be a list of strings instead of just
one string.  Then whenever the user name matches one of those strings,
the message will be suppressed.