(Gnus): Mention problem with coding system `utf-8-emacs'

when using different Emacs versions.

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index be4e6537f37..d1353392779 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-02-26  Reiner Steib  <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
+
+        * NEWS (Gnus): Mention problem with coding system `utf-8-emacs'
+        when using different Emacs versions.
+
 2008-02-22  Kenichi Handa  <handa@ni.aist.go.jp>
 
         * NEWS: Mention the new language environments Bengali, Punjabi,
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index b8cc452404c..8ba2ab720c0 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ history element containing the search string becomes the current.
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1
 
 ** FIXME add details of new packages imported from lisp/gnus.
+[Maybe some information from doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi can be reused]
 
 ** The package doc-view.el has been added.  It supports viewing of PDF,
 PostScript and DVI documents inside an Emacs buffer by converting the
@@ -501,6 +502,11 @@ rather than fortran-indent-comment.
 
 *** The Gnus package has been updated
 
+*** In Emacs 23, Gnus uses Emacs' new internal coding system `utf-8-emacs' for
+saving articles drafts and ~/.newsrc.eld.  These file may not be read
+correctly in Emacs 22 and below.  If you want to Gnus across different Emacs
+versions, you may set `mm-auto-save-coding-system' to `emacs-mule'.
+
 *** There are many news features, bug fixes and improvements.
 
 See the file GNUS-NEWS or the node "No Gnus" in the Gnus manual for details.