bug#77928: Regression in Emacs pretest 31.0.90

> From: Roshan Shariff <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:02:29 -0600
> Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], 
> 	[email protected]
> 
> On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 at 06:48, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wrote:
> > And I really don't see any reasons to keep this argument, where it is
> > clear we disagree about fundamental issues, and no one else feels it's
> > important enough to chime in.
> 
> I understand, but can I at least push for reverting this patch?

You already did, and I already said I would like to hear opinions of
others.  Who didn't materialize...

> * It is trying to accommodate a new way of using :custom-face which
> has never been possible in any version of use-package included in
> Emacs.
> 
> * In the process, it breaks a way of using it which has worked
> perfectly well in the past.
> 
> * It makes it impossible for any simple workaround to support the
> existing use case, while trying to support a new use-case that can be
> accommodated without the patch with a simple work-around.
> 
> If we can't agree on how things should work, why not just go with not
> creating a regression? I don't think the behaviour this patch
> introduces is obviously "more correct" so doesn't it make sense to
> stick with the status quo? I would be happy to create a documentation
> patch explaining how to accomplish what the patch author wants, but
> without breaking things for existing users as this patch does.

I'm not even sure we all agree that it's a "regression".  That's why I
asked for opinions in the first place.