GNU bug report logs - #26179
Remove antinews

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 23:15:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 25.2

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #6 received at 26179 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 26179 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26179: Remove antinews
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:41:06 +0200
> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 19:13:53 -0400
> 
> Antinews is a cute idea, but IMO once you've appreciated the joke,
> that's it and you never think about it again.
> 
> Since there aren't enough people to maintain the non-comedy aspects of
> Emacs documentation, I would like to see antinews removed, so that we
> can spend the (admittedly tiny) time saving on other areas.

To keep this in proper perspective, I'd like to remind that Antinews
is written only for major releases.




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