Source: git Version: 1:2.17~rc0+next.20180315-1 Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: Nicholas D Steeves <nstee...@gmail.com>, debian-emac...@lists.debian.org
Nicholas D Steeves wrote[*]: > speaking for myself--if I > wasn't already a magit user I would consider the following scenario a > happy surprise: > > * dist-upgrade from stretch to buster > * receive a NEWS item from git-el > - says something like: git-el is dead, long live magit ;-) > - NEWS also points to docs for getting up to speed with magit as > quickly and as easily as possible. I'm not sure that most users > would read README.emacs as part of a dist-upgrade. Set this to > display for all versions of git-el since 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u2 > - P.S. I've side-lined an old project wrt providing quickstarts and > printable emacs cheatsheets. Please pester me about this if you > think it would benefit this hypothetical git-el -> magit > - marvel at the productivity boosts from magit That sounds like a very nice way to go. Filing this as a wishlist bug so as not to forget it. [*] https://lists.debian.org/debian-emacsen/2018/03/msg00002.html