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Re: The next releases
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Ted Zlatanov |
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Re: The next releases |
Date: |
Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:05:53 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:11:43 -0500 Glenn Morris <address@hidden> wrote:
GM> Quibbling about language, but I'd say something like:
GM> ** Emacs now uses GnuTLS v3 features where available.
GM> But as a user, this tells me nothing, so I'm not sure I see the point of
GM> this entry as it stands.
OK; removed.
>> +++
>> +** Emacs can now reject invalid SSL/TLS certificates, as determined by
>> +GnuTLS The new variable `gnutls-verify-error' can be customized. It
>> +is off for now, but will be turned to reject invalid certificates by
>> +default in the future.
GM> [If this is a new option, it should have a :version tag.]
GM> ** New option `gnutls-verify-error', if non-nil, means that Emacs
GM> should reject SSL/TLS certificates that GnuTLS determines as invalid.
GM> (This option defaults to nil at present, but this is expected to change
GM> in a future release.)
Thanks, used this.
GM> Although, that means you're saying gnutls-verify-error is documented,
GM> and I can't see that it is.
Right, fixed.
>> +** CFEngine mode
GM> It seems redundant to say "CFEngine mode..." in all the following, given
GM> that the whole section is about CFEngine mode.
I was following the pattern above:
#+begin_src text
** CUA mode
*** CUA mode was changed to make use of delete-selection-mode and
#+end_src
I fixed up the CFEngine-related and package.el things.
>> ++++
>> +*** the list of packages now shows the archive
GM> *** The output of `list-packages' now includes the archive providing
GM> each package.
GM> [Though this will be self-evident, so I'm not sure it is worth
GM> mentioning.]
OK, omitted.
>> +*** the list of packages can now be filtered by a keyword
GM> I don't understand what this really means. The wording makes me think
GM> it's somehow related to the list-packages command, but it does not seem
GM> to be.
OK, fixed.
GM> Second general comment is that NEWS entries should be grammatical: start
GM> with a capital, end with a full-stop.
Thanks for the review! I pushed my changes as you suggested and hope
they are OK.
Ted
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