Re: master 82ccc3a: ; Mention the previous change in NEWS

[Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>]

On 10.06.2021 17:20, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
>> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:26:48 +0300
>>
>>>     *** Commands that use 'grep-find' now follow symlinks for command-line args.
>>
>>                               ^grep-find-template, right?
>>
>>>     This is because the default value of 'grep-find-template' now includes
>>>     the 'find' option '-H'.  Commands that use that variable, including
>>>     indirectly via a call to 'xref-matches-in-directory', will be
>>>     affected.  In particular, there should be no need anymore to ensure
>>>     any directory names on the 'find' command lines end in a slash.
>>
>> Looks good.
>>
>>>     However, the change is likely to affect only old versions of non-GNU
>>>     'find'.
>>
>> Not exactly: the change (as described above) will affect all versions
>> everywhere.
>>
>> What is special about "old versions of non-GNU 'find'", is that the
>> previous scheme (ensuring directory names end in a slash) created
>> problems when used together with them.
>>
>> We might also want to mention macOS specifically, otherwise the change
>> sounds a bit ridiculous (why do we go out of the way to be compatible
>> with ancient versions of 'find'?)
> 
> So what change do you propose to the last sentence?

Something like:

   The main goal of this change is better compatibility with old 
versions of non-GNU 'find', such as the one distributed together with macOS.