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27.2; "Ref found in non-versioned section in "NEWS.22"

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Message #34 received at 49062 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 49062 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#49062: 27.2; "Ref found in non-versioned section in "NEWS.22"
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 09:45:03 -0700

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

> Or maybe, before we keep investing more and more energy and time into
> this, just remove all that code, and let people search NEWS manually,
> if they want?

FWIW, I find this feature useful, so I hope that we will not remove it.
It's quite a time saver to not have to go scour NEWS every time.

> We have so little resources -- so why waste them on mini-features
> whose importance is at best secondary, and which continue drawing more
> and more energy, way beyond their usefulness?

(I'm still in favour of obsoleting cdl.el, to discourage anyone from
wasting time on that.)

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