[PATCH] Formatting of NEWS file is inconsistent in 2021b
All previous entries in NEWS have a format of headings following nested levels of indentation — the release is unindented, then subheadings with a 2-space indentation, then the contents of each subhead are blocks indented with 2 spaces. In the 2021b release, there is some commentary about the release that isn't indented to the level of the "Briefly" sub-block, but also doesn't have its own heading. I think it would be preferable to put this note under a heading rather than as free-floating content at the level of other subheads. I've attached a patch to move the note into the "Briefly" subheading, though it could also be a separate heading like "Note about the 2021b release" or something. I don't really expect this format to be guaranteed or anything, but for selfish reasons I liked the consistency of the previous format since it makes it much easier for me to parse the NEWS file for repackaging in the Python tzdata format. Obviously I do not consider this any sort of contract or required interface, but since it seems unlikely that accepting this patch would increase your maintenance burden and it will decrease my maintenance burden by a decent amount in the future, I'm hoping you wont' mind accepting this patch (or a similar one). Thanks! Paul
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Paul Ganssle