GNU bug report logs - #7777
24.0.50; incompatible change for `directory-abbrev-alist' not in NEWS

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 19:43:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 7777 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#7777: 24.0.50;
	incompatible change for `directory-abbrev-alist' not in NEWS
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 20:12:33 -0800

> How about if we change the doc string to not sound like a stringent
> requirement, but rather as a "note"?

That would be an improvement, thanks (the manual, likewise).

It would also help to explain why.  Explaining why helps avoid any
misunderstanding wrt the older "rule", and it helps understand the new "note".

The other part of this bug is the location of the manual entry: Why the Elisp
manual?  This is a user option.  If we feel it is important to tell users about
this in a manual, why wouldn't the Emacs manual be the right one?
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