bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command'

[Drew Adams]

> I was responding to the point that trialing a feature on a
> branch will get responses only from a limited set of people.
> 
> Drew wrote:
> 
>   > Yes, but that has another downside: what's in a release tends to
>   > stick, for various reasons, including user take-up and developer
>   > acceptance.
> 
> I think that is a miscommunication.  With the scheme I propose, the
> code to implement some new behavior is included in a release, but the
> default behavior has not been changed, and we have made no commitment
> to change it.

I don't think it's a misconception, as a generalization.

In practice, things that get added to Emacs, whether as
new default behavior or not, and regardless of presence
or lack of any stated or intended commitment to them,
tend to remain, I think.

I'm not saying I think your suggestion is worthless;
I'm saying I think it has this downside.