Re: Posted zsh 5.9

[Daniel Shahaf <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name>]

Axel Beckert wrote on Sun, May 15, 2022 at 00:11:31 +0200:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 03:59:35PM -0500, dana wrote:
> > I've just finished posting zsh 5.9. It should be available in the usual
> > places:
> […]
> > creating-a-release instructs us to wait a day before posting to -announce,
> > which has always been followed a little loosely i think, at least by me...
> > but i'll do that this time, unless someone wants me to go ahead now.
> 
> I'll upload it to Debian unstable anyway, I as I assume there won't be
> any changes anymore until tomorrow. :-)

I'd rather you didn't.  Backwards compatibility promises don't kick in
until a release is announced, even if it has been tagged.  If we pull
the tarball for any reason, your users will get to keep both pieces.

Cf. https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/subversion/README.html.

Daniel

> Debian's package checker Lintian found two typos in the documentation.
> Not sure why I haven't noticed them with the release candiates. There
> was no lintian update since then.
> 
> Anyway, I propose the following patch to fix these typos and would
> push it in git if there are no objections:
> 
> diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
> index 280f1d72a..641e46cf9 100644
> --- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
> +++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
> @@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@ retain their special attributes when made local.
>  
>  For each var(name)tt(=)var(value) assignment, the parameter
>  var(name) is set to var(value).  If the assignment is omitted and var(name)
> -does em(not) refer to an existing parameter, a new parameter is intialized
> +does em(not) refer to an existing parameter, a new parameter is initialized
>  to empty string, zero, or empty array (as appropriate), em(unless) the
>  shell option tt(TYPESET_TO_UNSET) is set.  When that option is set,
>  the parameter attributes are recorded but the parameter remains unset.
> diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
> index 443676b78..5e673eb5c 100644
> --- a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
> +++ b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
> @@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ pindex(NOTYPESETTOUNSET)
>  item(tt(TYPESET_TO_UNSET) <K> <S>)(
>  When declaring a new parameter with any of the `tt(typeset)' family of
>  related commands, the parameter remains unset unless and until a
> -value is explicity assigned to it, either in the `tt(typeset)' command
> +value is explicitly assigned to it, either in the `tt(typeset)' command
>  itself or as a later assignment statement.
>  )
>  pindex(VERBOSE)
> 
> 		Kind regards, Axel
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