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"Version control" undefined

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From: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (The Gnus Bugfixing Girls + Boys)
Subject: "Version control" undefined
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:25:08 -0400

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"1.6 Startup Files" sez:

     The `gnus-startup-file' variable says where the startup files are.
  The default value is `~/.newsrc', with the Gnus (El Dingo) startup
  file being whatever that one is, with a `.eld' appended.  If you want
  version control for this file, set `gnus-backup-startup-file'.  It
  respects the same values as the `version-control' variable.

An informed user might know enough to look at the help for
`version-control' and discover that this refers to keeping multiple
backup files, but especially these days, most readers are likely to
associate "version control" with something like Git or SVN.  Either
"version control" should be linked, or, preferably, you should 

  s/If you want version control for/If you want to keep multiple numbered backups of/


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Message #12 received at 8975 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 8975 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: "Version control" undefined
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:18:47 +0200

Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:

> An informed user might know enough to look at the help for
> `version-control' and discover that this refers to keeping multiple
> backup files, but especially these days, most readers are likely to
> associate "version control" with something like Git or SVN.  Either
> "version control" should be linked, or, preferably, you should 
>
>   s/If you want version control for/If you want to keep multiple numbered backups of/

Thanks; I've now made this change.

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