Re: [FYI] {master} news: minor fixlets and reorganization

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 02/21/2012 01:39 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 02/21/2012 05:34 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> * NEWS: Get rid of form-feed characters (^L) throughout the file.
>> Use separator lines instead (composed by 76 '=' characters), or
>> just an extra blank lines for older less verbose entries (those
>> predating the 1.8 release).
> 
> Why?
> 
Because '^L' doesn't visually separate different NEWS sections clearly
enough (and least, it doesn't for me).  Which is annoying and confusing
whenever I need to visually scan NEWS.

> I _like_ ^L as a separator - it is an easy character to search for.
>
> Whereas lines of ==== cause spurious hits when searching for '===' when
> solving a merge conflict.
>
This is a sensible objection, which I didn't thought of.  We could
use another character for the separator lines: "~" maybe, or "#".

> I'm not opposed to the change if you have a good reason, but I don't yet
> see that good reason.
>
The reason is that '^L' doesn't visually separate different NEWS sections
clearly enough *for me* (as I've sad above).  Not sure if this is a good
enough reason to warrant this change (even if I'd hope so) ...  WDYT?

Regards,
  Stefano