From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
Cc: 41497@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41497: 28.0.50; Flawed text formatting of files like etc/TODO, etc/NEWS, etc.
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2020 17:20:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2imga3j98.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lfl7jo31.fsf@gnu.org> (Bastien's message of "Mon, 01 Jun 2020 08:29:38 +0200")
>>>>> On Mon, 01 Jun 2020 08:29:38 +0200, Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> said:
Bastien> Temporary note:
Bastien> +++ indicates that all relevant manuals in doc/ have been updated.
Bastien> --- means no change in the manuals is needed.
Bastien> When you add a new item, use the appropriate mark if you are sure it
Bastien> applies, and please also update docstrings as needed.
Bastien> So, +++ both mean that no action is needed, either because the manuals
Bastien> have been updated already or because they don't need any update. If
Bastien> this is meant as a call to action for Emacs maintainers, what is it
Bastien> (since both say that things are okay)? If this is meant to the users,
Bastien> what info is conveyed here? What means "Temporary note": is it
Bastien> because --- and +++ are removed right before the release?
Itʼs supposed to be a signal from the person who made the change to
the Emacs maintainers. Lack of both +++ and --- means 'I didnʼt
check', and theyʼre removed just before release.
Bastien> What about getting rid of --- and +++ in these files and moving the
Bastien> message is conveys (about the need for an update of the manuals) in
Bastien> the etc/TODO file, or in a dedicated etc/PRERELEASE file?
Itʼs a temporary note, I think itʼs important that the message it
conveys be in NEWS where the changes are made rather than in a
separate file (and PRERELEASE doesnʼt work, since these annotations
need to be done as changes are committed, not a year later just before
release).
Robert
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2020-05-24 6:29 bug#41497: 28.0.50; Flawed text formatting of files like etc/TODO, etc/NEWS, etc Bastien
2020-05-30 16:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-01 6:29 ` Bastien
2020-06-01 14:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-01 15:20 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
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