GNU bug report logs - #57105
Naming of emacs-news-mode vs etc-authors-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:48:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 57105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 57105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57105: Naming of emacs-news-mode vs etc-authors-mode
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:40:39 -0700

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

> You want to rename etc-authors-mode to emacs-authors-mode?  I'm fine
> with that.

Thanks.

> But in general, unlike NEWS, AUTHORS have very different
> structures in different projects, so we shouldn't pretend that the
> mode is applicable outside of the Emacs project.

Agreed (but I'd mostly say the same about `emacs-news-mode').
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