GNU bug report logs - #33880
[PATCH] Compress past NEWS files during installation

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: agrambot <at> gmail.com

Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 19:51:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch, wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 33880 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 33880 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de
Subject: Re: bug#33880: [PATCH] Compress past NEWS files during installation
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:59:37 +0200

> From: Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  33880 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:23:16 -0600
> 
> It's indeed barely anything, but I also don't see much of a reason to
> not do it. If we're already compressing a bunch of files, why not
> compress the stale NEWS files at the same time?

FWIW, I use those "stale" NEWS files all the time, because I
frequently need to establish what was a version of Emacs where some
feature was first introduced or announced.
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