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Re: Organizing the NEWS file a bit better


From: Stefan Kangas
Subject: Re: Organizing the NEWS file a bit better
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 08:57:39 +0200

Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:

> > I tried hard to ensure nothing was lost,[1] but if you want to check
> > this yourself you could use, e.g.:
> >
> >     comm -3 <(git show HEAD^:etc/NEWS|sort) <(sort etc/NEWS)
>
> This shows that 'benchmark-call' is lost (I don't know if it needs a NEWS 
> entry).

Thanks, now restored.

> Adding a tag at the end of the same line would be a big improvement.

Yes, it would certainly make editing the file easier, and help avoid
mishaps like the above.

Perhaps we could try it for Emacs 29?  If we do it soon after cutting
the new branch, it should be easier to change it back if we find any
reason to.



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