GNU bug report logs - #45438
27.1; please fix misleading documentation for assoc-delete-all

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Message #36 received at 45438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, hendrik.tews <at> kernkonzept.com, 45438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45438: 27.1;
 please fix misleading documentation for assoc-delete-all
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 19:47:06 +0200

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, hendrik.tews <at> kernkonzept.com,
> 	45438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 00:38:30 -0500
> 
>   > If the suggestion is to use ChangeLog data for this feature, then I
>   > think it won't be easy, because it isn't easy to parse the ChangeLog
>   > text for gleaning this more accurate information.
> 
> I'm not suggesting we do anything about this problem.  Do you see
> any reason to?

We were asked to consider doing that by 2 different people.  I agree
that the problem is not an urgent one nor a grave one, but if someone
wants to work on making that part of documentation more accurate, I
think gleaning the info from ChangeLog is not the best approach.

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