GNU bug report logs - #33450
26.1.90; NEWS entry for dired 'Z' is inaccurate

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mike Kupfer <mkupfer <at> alum.berkeley.edu>

Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:40:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 26.1.90

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 33450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mkupfer <at> alum.berkeley.edu
Subject: bug#33450: 26.1.90; NEWS entry for dired 'Z' is inaccurate
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 10:37:06 +0200

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:17:14 -0500
> Cc: 33450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mkupfer <at> alum.berkeley.edu
> 
> I think it was a mistake to make Z operate on directories,
> and a mistake to think of to creating an archive as "compression".
> 
> It would be better to use A as a command to pack and unpack
> archives.

I agree, and wrote as much in the discussion.  But I'm not going to
work on that any time soon, and meanwhile we should have our
documentation describe what this command does in enough detail for
users not to be surprised.
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