Re: Should we move 20.x related stuff out of NEWS ?

[Miles Bader]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
> > I agree, I've often been annoyed by this.  It's a bit hard to say what's
> > better though -- it really depends on the version the user is upgrading
> > from, and we can't know that!
> 
> Well, customize-variable could also record the two last Emacs minor
> and major Emacs versions valid on each change, and then the NEWS file
> gets narrowed accordingly by C-h n.
> 
> Never say "we can't".  The question is rather whether it is worth the
> trouble.

Indeed.  :-)

That would be a cute hack, but I suspect it could cause a lot of
confusion in some circumstances!

-Miles
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