Re: [PATCH] README, NEWS, BUGS updates

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 2:26 AM Oliver Kiddle <opk@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Bart Schaefer wrote:
> > +The `watch' parameter and `log' command have moved to an autoloaded module.
>
> That was already done before 5.9 and dana mentioned it in the NEWS file
> updates for that release.

Hm, sorry about that.  I scanned ChangeLog for things mentioned since
the version.mk touch but must have picked up on some later fix to the
module.  Can back that out.

> That change is perhaps best suited to the list of incompatibilities so
> perhaps that's why you missed it. I rather doubt that end users will
> follow what's going on with the release notes being split between NEWS
> and README. I prefer the format used by the git project for release
> notes.

I'd have no objection to this being revised ... would we leave old
stuff behind sort of like was done for ChangeLog-4.3 et al., or fold
in past history?

> > +Many Completion/ functions have been updated to recent versions of their
> > +corresponding commands, so the results offered may have changed.
>
> That sentence applies for every release we ever do. Has been rather
> fewer changes of that sort since 5.9 than we have in most releases.

I the impression it was rather a lot in terms of individual files
touched, but agree this could be dropped too.