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From: Phil Hudson <phil.hudson@iname.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 50558@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50558: 28.1; Nonsense NEWS entry?
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:20:01 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ1MqVFAGsAyb-OAHh=6Mp7GoheUtb6ihXh0ce6FBgfQzcKMOQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lf40ho99.fsf@gnus.org>

That comment makes me think you may have missed the point, and since
you don't include your updated entry I can't tell if the new one
addresses it or not.

Let's try it algebraically:

+*** New utility function 'x'.
+This is like 'x', but works in the opposite direction.

Literally a direct self-contradiction.

On Mon, 13 Sept 2021 at 09:29, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
>
> Phil Hudson <phil.hudson@iname.com> writes:
>
> > The NEWS entry documenting new function 'insert-into-buffer'
> >  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=210b10f3fe7d2b847f7af31276c05001c8fc0ed7
> >  appears to me to be self-contradictory.
>
> I don't see how it contradicts itself, but it's not a good NEWS entry.
> I've now rewritten it.
>
> --
> (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
>    bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no





  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-13 10:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-13  4:20 bug#50558: 28.1; Nonsense NEWS entry? Phil Hudson
2021-09-13  8:29 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-13 10:20   ` Phil Hudson [this message]
2021-09-13 12:33     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-13 13:07       ` Phil Hudson
2021-09-13 13:20         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-13 13:51         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-13 15:43           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-13 19:35             ` Phil Hudson

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