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28.2; C-h f reports wrong version

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Message #17 received at 60006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Ikumi Keita <ikumi <at> ikumi.que.jp>, 60006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60006: 28.2; C-h f reports wrong version
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:48:25 -0800

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

>> From: Ikumi Keita <ikumi <at> ikumi.que.jp>
>> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 22:42:32 +0900
>>
>> C-h f reports wrong version when `always' was introduced.
>>
>> [How to reproduce]
>> 1. emacs-28.2 -Q
>> 2. Type C-h f always RET
>> 3. Then *Help* buffer says:
>>   Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 1.1.
>
> That's why it says "Probably".  The method of finding out the first
> release where the symbol appeared is a heuristic, and it can sometimes
> fail in ridiculous ways.

NEWS.25 says:

    *** New value 'always' for 'sh-indent-after-continuation'.

I don't think there's much we can do here besides redesigning this
feature from the ground up.  So I'd be inclined to close this one as
wontfix.

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