From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: merging etc Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:56:20 -0400 Message-ID: References: <200708211523.l7LFNnVl000876@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200708220820.l7M8KbIt026014@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200708290403.l7T43TS6023420@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200708290425.l7T4P4TC023875@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <86ejhli3j0.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1188503790 16521 80.91.229.12 (30 Aug 2007 19:56:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:56:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: joakim@verona.se Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 30 21:56:28 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IQq7w-00049T-7g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:56:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IQq7t-0004tX-FM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:56:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IQq7p-0004qF-1X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:56:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IQq7o-0004pI-6Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:56:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IQq7n-0004p3-Ty for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:56:19 -0400 Original-Received: from x-132-204-255-53.xtpr.umontreal.ca ([132.204.255.53] helo=ceviche.home) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IQq7n-0000Pg-Hn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:56:19 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 629E7B4622; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:56:20 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (joakim@verona.se's message of "Thu\, 30 Aug 2007 15\:02\:35 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:77429 Archived-At: > Is that sort of thing normaly documented in NEWS? I thought the > purpose of NEWS was to be a somewhat terse overview? It depends. Usually, the NEWS entries are terse indeed, enough for the user to have some idea of what's going on and where to find the rest of the info if needed. In a case such as the multi-tty patches, an important part is the *change* more than the end result: the Emacs and Elisp manuals need to be updated to reflect the resulting behavior, but the NEWS file might need to contain non-trivial descriptions of how things changed. Stefan