From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Cleaning up NEWS, ONEWS, ... files Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 12:37:03 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1148985585 14233 80.91.229.2 (30 May 2006 10:39:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 10:39:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 30 12:39:42 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fl1dR-00056l-NY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 May 2006 12:39:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fl1dR-0002vr-44 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 May 2006 06:39:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fl1dC-0002sy-Oo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 May 2006 06:39:22 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fl1dB-0002si-A8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 May 2006 06:39:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fl1dB-0002sf-5Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 May 2006 06:39:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.236] (helo=pfepb.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Fl1ix-0006xz-0Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 May 2006 06:45:19 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (unknown [80.165.4.124]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id DB2AAA5004E for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 12:39:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:55474 Archived-At: There is currently NO logic in what goes into NEWS, ONEWS, ONEWS.1, etc. I suggest (and will do the work if accepted) that we reorganize the NEWS files so that NEWS is about the current release, i.e. 22.x NEWS.21 is about emacs 21.x (split from current NEWS) NEWS.20 is about emacs 20.x (split from current NEWS) NEWS.19 is about emacs 19.x (from ONEWS) NEWS.18 is about emacs 18.x (from ONEWS.4 and ONEWS.3) NEWS.17-1 is about emacs 17 and older (from ONEWS.2 and ONEWS.1) This allows us to write clear and consistent information in NEWS about where to find information about older releases. Of course, I'll update view-emacs-news to still DTRT when given a prefix arg. (C-u C-h C-n). BTW, if already visiting a NEWS file, using C-h C-n could automatically take you to an older or newer NEWS file, depending on whether you are in the top or bottom half of the NEWS file. Then, each NEWS file could say At the top of the file: Use C-h C-n to view newer NEWS At the bottom of the file: Use C-h C-n to view older NEWS instead of explicitly mention which file to visit... That would be a fairly trivial, and self-contained change! -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk