From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2452 invoked by alias); 17 Nov 2005 00:10:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 2443 invoked by uid 22791); 17 Nov 2005 00:10:52 -0000 Received: from nile.gnat.com (HELO nile.gnat.com) (205.232.38.5) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:10:52 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-nile.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A782948CEA1; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:10:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from nile.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (nile.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19360-01-8; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:10:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from takamaka.act-europe.fr (s142-179-108-108.bc.hsia.telus.net [142.179.108.108]) by nile.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2157548CE9F; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:10:50 -0500 (EST) Received: by takamaka.act-europe.fr (Postfix, from userid 507) id 3607147E79; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:10:49 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:45:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Jim Blandy Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] init-if-undefined command Message-ID: <20051117001049.GA1635@adacore.com> References: <437B3E56.3080306@st.com> <20051116194956.GV1635@adacore.com> <8f2776cb0511161507j33208ae1k1e0753b72b992c73@mail.gmail.com> <20051116233326.GZ1635@adacore.com> <8f2776cb0511161602wb469964xdd904aab0d70d2a6@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8f2776cb0511161602wb469964xdd904aab0d70d2a6@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2005-11/txt/msg00258.txt.bz2 [re-adding gdb-patches, as it looks like it was removed by accident] On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 04:02:15PM -0800, Jim Blandy wrote: > On 11/16/05, Joel Brobecker wrote: > > > If you knew everything about the previous release, you're supposed to > > > be able to know everything about the new release just by reading NEWS. > > > You're not even supposed to have to read the manual. Or at least > > > those were Stallman's rules for Emacs NEWS. I thought it was kind of > > > a waste; why not point people to the manual? > > > > With the manual, it's not obvious what has been introduced in a release. > > New commands, in my opinion, deserve a bit of publicity from the NEWS > > files. The NEWS file, however, doesn't replace the manual, it's just > > a note to inform readers that a cool new command has been introduced > > and whose description is available in the manual. > > What I meant was, Stallman wanted each new feature fully documented in > NEWS; I felt it should be sufficient to summarize the new feature in > NEWS, and refer the user to the manual for the details. I agree. -- Joel