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[FYI] {master} news: improve wording


From: Stefano Lattarini
Subject: [FYI] {master} news: improve wording
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:32:07 +0100

* NEWS (New in 1.13): Prefer "no longer" over "not anymore",
wherever possible.  Related re-wrapping of text.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
---
 NEWS | 20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4425a89..4e86833 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ New in 1.13:
 * Obsolescent features:
 
   - Use of the long-deprecated two- and three-arguments invocation forms
-    of the AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is not documented anymore.  It's still
-    supported though (albeit with a warning in the 'obsolete' category),
-    to cater for people who want to define the version number for their
-    package dynamically (e.g., from the current VCS revision).  We'll
-    have to continue this support until Autoconf itself is fixed to allow
-    better support for such dynamic version numbers.
+    of the AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is no longer documented.  It's still supported
+    though (albeit with a warning in the 'obsolete' category), to cater
+    for people who want to define the version number for their package
+    dynamically (e.g., from the current VCS revision).  We'll have to
+    continue this support until Autoconf itself is fixed to allow better
+    support for such dynamic version numbers.
 
 * Elisp byte-compilation:
 
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ New in 1.13:
     "make V=0" to enable quieter output in the package he's building.
 
   - The 'silent-rules' option has now become a no-op, preserved for
-    backward-compatibility only.  In particular, its use does not disable
-    the warnings in the 'portability-recursive' category anymore.
+    backward-compatibility only.  In particular, its use no longer
+    disables the warnings in the 'portability-recursive' category.
 
 * Texinfo Support:
 
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ New in 1.13:
 
 * Automatic remake rules and 'missing' script:
 
-  - The 'missing' script does not try anymore to update the timestamp
-    of out-of-date files that require a maintainer-specific tool to be
+  - The 'missing' script no longer tries to update the timestamp of
+    out-of-date files that require a maintainer-specific tool to be
     remade, in case the user lacks such a tool (or has a too-old version
     of it).  It just give a useful warning, and in some cases also a tip
     about how to obtain such a tool.
-- 
1.8.0




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