commit:     5ac5203cac1eac5178ed268350ba1c904eb2c023
Author:     Sebastian Engel <sighunter <AT> gmx <DOT> de>
AuthorDate: Thu Aug 29 14:32:25 2024 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sat Aug 31 16:40:52 2024 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=5ac5203c

ebuild-writing/messages: Remove history lesson

The mentioned versions are over 18 years old and the elog functionality has
become common. There is no value in stating when it was implemented. Removed
Paludis because it has no relevance for Gentoo. (unlike maybe for PMS)

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Engel <sighunter <AT> gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>

 ebuild-writing/messages/text.xml | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ebuild-writing/messages/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/messages/text.xml
index 36daa14..830e3cf 100644
--- a/ebuild-writing/messages/text.xml
+++ b/ebuild-writing/messages/text.xml
@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ internal is the simplest <d/> it simply displays its 
parameters as a message.
 
 <p>
 The <c>elog</c> function can be used to display an informational message which 
is
-meant to 'stand out' and is logged by the elog functionality in Portage 2.1 and
-Paludis 0.6 or newer.  On a colour terminal, the message provided will be 
prefixed
-with a green asterisk.  On earlier versions, elog behaves just like einfo.
+meant to 'stand out' and is logged by Portage's elog functionality. On a colour
+terminal, the message provided will be prefixed with a green asterisk.
 </p>
 
 <codesample lang="ebuild">

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