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time-stamp-format: offer numeric time zones too

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Message #29 received at 32931 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stephen Gildea <stepheng+emacs <at> gildea.com>
Cc: rpluim <at> gmail.com, jidanni <at> jidanni.org, 32931 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32931: time-stamp-format: offer numeric time zones too
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:04:56 +0200

> From: Stephen Gildea <stepheng+emacs <at> gildea.com>
> cc: 32931 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org,
>     Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 12:57:49 -0800
> 
> In September I updated the documentation for changes implemented
> previously; that commit included a section in NEWS.  I will eventually
> document the change that sparked this discussion, too, and I'll add it
> to NEWS at the same time.
> 
> So while I am aware of my responsibility to document, I am also
> mindful of my responsibility to not document yet.

Thanks, but IME deferring the update of documentation for these
reasons is a mistake.  It frequently causes us to forget to make those
deferred updates, and more importantly, it leaves those who use the
development snapshots with outdated or lacking documentation.

I understand the wish to avoid unnecessary rework, but I don't think
there's a way around that.

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