Re: lynx-dev Documentation patch for 2-8-1

[dickey]

> 981027 Doug Kaufman added useful corrections to documentation:  
> > The following should fix some of the obvious documentation glitches 
> > with the switch to 2.8.1. 
> >  
> > --- lynx2-8-1/README.new    Tue Oct 27 18:34:04 1998 
> > Lynx Version 2.8.1 is the latest "official" release. This release includes 
> > bug fixes through October 24, 1998. See the CHANGES file for a complete 
> > record of all changes and bug fixes in this release. New releases are 
> > announced on the lynx-dev mailing list (see below). 
I guess I didn't get enough sleep before reading that -- it's from 2.8,
which in turn was a revised version of the notice in 2.7.2 (the quotes
are unnecessary, but I suppose Fote felt the need to qualify it, and I
didn't think about it in this context).
   
> can we expand this slightly to make clear that it's not MERELY bug fixes, 
> which is what a lot of people out there might expect for 2-8 -> 2-8-1 ? 
>  
>   Lynx Version 2.8.1 is the latest official release, which adds several 
>   useful features, including partial display and persistent cookies, 
>   and bug fixes through 1998-10-24.  See the CHANGES file for a complete 
>   record of all changes in this release.  New releases are announced 
>   on the lynx-dev mailing list (see below). 
>  
> please can we avoid "scare" quotes? 
> it may be official or not official, but it's never "official" ... 

It's as official as anything else (let's not get into a debate about where
the authority comes from to declare something official or "official" ;).

For new/improved features, we can move on to 2.8.2 development...

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