bug#54993: 28.1; Editing etc/NEWS on master with Emacs 28 signals an error

[Michael Albinus]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

>> Local variables:
>> coding: utf-8
>> eval: (or (fboundp 'emacs-news-mode) (defalias 'emacs-news-mode 
>> 'outline-mode))
>> mode: emacs-news
>> paragraph-separate: "[       ]*$"
>> end:
>>
>> It requires you to confirm the eval form, but this is the price when you
>> edit etc/NEWS from master with an older Emacs version.
>
> That would prompt you in Emacs 29 too, though?  I think?

No, it doesn't (surprisingly). Perhaps, because fboundp is regarded as
safe, and defalias isn't (just a guess).

Best regards, Michael.