Re: [PATCH] Rename headline to heading

[Bastien]

Hi André,

André A. Gomes <andremegafone@gmail.com> writes:

> As previously discussed, please find the patch below.

I agree this change is a welcome improvement: thanks a lot for working
on this patch.  I would like to suggest a step by step approach:

1. Updating occurrences in the documentation: manual, guide,
   docstrings, worg occurences, etc.

2. Updating Org internals without impacting users' configuration
   (i.e. update the functions and variables name, but don't update
   the "file+headline" config string.)

3. If the "file+headline" config string is the only part of a config
   that can be impacted by this change, support both the new and old
   strings for backward compatibility.

We don't need a transition period for the first two changes, and we
don't need one either for the third one if we implement the backward
compatible solution.  We need a transition period if we remove it, but
I'm not convinced removing it is really needed now.

What do you think?

-- 
 Bastien