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Re: master 7725fbc: Remove the Date header from message-draft-headers


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: master 7725fbc: Remove the Date header from message-draft-headers
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 09:30:46 +0200

> From: Eric Abrahamsen <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:12:26 -0700
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> > Oh, and one other thing -- perhaps this should be mentioned in NEWS?
> 
> I've never really known what's NEWS-worthy and what isn't. My gut tells
> me that changing an option's default -- when the new value doesn't
> represent an addition or removal of features -- isn't worth it.

My rule is: if there's a doubt, then there's no doubt, and the change
should be in NEWS.  The reason is simple: there are no downsides to
putting unimportant stuff there, but users do get annoyed by changes
that aren't called out there.  So, a net win.

Thanks.



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