GNU bug report logs - #23485
25.1.50; patch (docstring) for vc-hg.el

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>

Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 19:44:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch, wontfix

Found in version 25.1.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 23485 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>
Cc: 23485 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23485: 25.1.50; patch (docstring) for vc-hg.el
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 16:03:39 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> I think (except in some peculiar circumstances), the place to talk about
> "the old behaviour" is in the NEWS file, not in docstrings: The doc
> string should talk about current behaviour, because (new) users won't
> have seen the old behaviour.

(Especially since this bug report is now three years old...)

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