Re: Organizing the NEWS file a bit better

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 08:47:19 +0200
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>, 
>       Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > > Could you explain how you carry out archeology on etc/NEWS.27?  How do
> > > I find out who introduced this line:
> > >
> > > ** Emacs now uses GMP, the GNU Multiple Precision library.
> > >
> > > ?
> >
> > I don't understand what this question has to do with the markers, can
> > you explain?
> 
> Lars claimed that markers are better for preserving history.  I
> claimed that history is already lost at that point, so it is not very
> important.

I understood what Lars said to mean that the current markers don't
affect any lines but their own.  Thus, their removal doesn't affect
any important stuff in the file.

And I don't agree that history is already lost when we remove the
markers.