GNU bug report logs - #54993
28.1; Editing etc/NEWS on master with Emacs 28 signals an error

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Message #20 received at 54993 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 54993 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54993: 28.1; Editing etc/NEWS on master with Emacs 28
 signals an error
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2022 21:37:36 +0200

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

>> What's your suggestion for how this should work, then?  etc/NEWS in
>> auto-mode-alist?
>
> Either that, or private customizations.

Sure, it might make sense for people that use Emacs 28 to edit NEWS in
Emacs 29 to use something like the following customisation:

(unless (fboundp 'emacs-news-mode)
  (defun emacs-news-mode ()
    (let ((inhibit-local-variables-regexps '(".*")))
      (outline-mode))))

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