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28.0.50; Redundant version information in *Help* buffers

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 50463 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50463: 28.0.50; Redundant version information in *Help* buffers
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2021 08:50:48 +0200

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

> Observe in the *Help* buffer this text:
>
>   This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in
>   version 28.1 of Emacs.
>   Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 28.1.
>
> One of these two sentences is redundant.  I think if we have
> information to produce the first one, the second one should be
> omitted.

Now fixed.

> While at that, bonus points for moving this stuff to after the actual
> doc string (except when the value is very long and is shown at the
> end, in which case this information should be between the
> documentation and the value).

Also done.

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