Re: Compile issues

[Richard Stallman]

    > It is only slightly incompatible.  Mostly tacking an '^' to the beginning 
of
    > your regexps should be enough.

    I think that should be documented.  What feature should external
    packages test to know what version of messages they should use when
    they have to support the released and new version?

I agree, this change needs to be documented precisely in etc/NEWS so
people know what to change.