GNU bug report logs - #28777
Clarifying the temporary documentation update marks in etc/NEWS

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>

Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 10:17:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: Clarifying the temporary documentation update marks in etc/NEWS
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:25:38 +0300

> From: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 23:16:16 +1300
> 
> etc/NEWS says:
> 
> > +++ indicates that all necessary documentation updates are complete.
> >     (This means all relevant manuals in doc/ AND lisp doc-strings.)
> > --- means no change in the manuals is needed.
> 
> If I now understand correctly, "---" means that all relevant lisp doc
> strings have been updated, and "+++" means the same thing and that
> there have additionally been updates to the manual?
> 
> If so, then I think this text could be clarified:

Thanks, I've clarified it.
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