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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:262662 Archived-At: Gregory Heytings writes: > Perhaps I did not look at the right place, but I do not see such a rule or > guideline in CONTRIBUTE or elsewhere. What do you (and others) think of > the following: > > Any change that matters to end-users should have an entry in etc/NEWS. > *In principle, any such change should, unless it is an added feature, > either require setting a variable to be enabled, or be reversible by > setting a variable.* I am against such a change, for the reasons given in my previous message. >> Do you have any evidence to back up the claim that this has happened? > > It happened with y-or-n-p; it would not have happened with the above > guideline. I don't think the second part of that sentence logically follows from the first.