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25.1.50; patch (docstring) for vc-hg.el

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>
Cc: 23485 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23485: 25.1.50; patch (docstring) for vc-hg.el
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 16:30:43 +0200

Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es> writes:

>>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>
>> 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...)
>
> Another way of seeing it: because it took 3 years to answer the bug
> report :'(

Yes, that's what I meant.  :-0

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