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28.2; C-h f reports wrong version

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Message #22 received at 60006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: ikumi <at> ikumi.que.jp, 60006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60006: 28.2; C-h f reports wrong version
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 05:37:42 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:48:25 -0800
> Cc: Ikumi Keita <ikumi <at> ikumi.que.jp>, 60006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > 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.

I agree.

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