Re: [PATCH] news: add entry about recent 'ar-lib' changes

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 03/02/2012 12:44 PM, Peter Rosin wrote:
> * NEWS: Add information about recent 'ar-lib' changes.
> ---
>  NEWS |    6 ++++++
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Here's the NEWS entry for review.
> 
> Cheers,
> Peter
> 
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 476db72..5b2746a 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ New in 1.11.0a:
>      overwriting the foo_DEPENDENCIES variable, which is normally computed
>      by automake.
>  
> +  - The 'ar-lib' script now ignores the "s" (symbol index) and "S" (no
> +    symbol index) modifiers as well as the "s" action, as the symbol index
> +    is created unconditionally by Microsoft lib.  Also, the "q" (quick)
> +    action is now a synonym for "r" (replace).  The "v" (verbose) modifier
> +    was started to be ignored already in 1.11.2.
> +
>
Maybe s/was/has/ here?  Or even a reformulation like this:

  Also, the script has been ignoring the "v" (verbose) modifier already
  since Automake 1.11.2.

Thanks,
  Stefano