Re: HTML-formatted NEWS for Emacs 29

On Wed, 26 Aug 2026, Philip Kaludercic wrote:

> Peter Oliver <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> @@ -376,6 +380,7 @@ The pages and files to update are:
>>     update is needed)
>>   . history.html (add a line for the new release)
>>   . add the new NEWS file as news/NEWS.xx.y
>> + . add the new NEWS.xx.html file as news/NEWS.xx.html
>
> So we need to add the files to emacs.git?  Shouldn't there be an
> instruction to add the file to the Emacs website?

No; this is that.  The context is:

> UPDATING THE EMACS WEB PAGES AFTER A RELEASE
> 
> As soon as possible after a release, the Emacs web pages at
> <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/> should be updated.
> (See admin/notes/www for general information.)
> 
> The pages and files to update are:
>
>  . emacs.html (see below; for a new major release, a more thorough
>    update is needed)
>  . history.html (add a line for the new release)
>  . add the new NEWS file as news/NEWS.xx.y
>  . copy new etc/MACHINES to MACHINES and CONTRIBUTE to CONTRIBUTE
>  . possibly/rarely also download.html (see below)
>
-- 
Peter Oliver