Re: [bug #38997] "@itemx must follow @item" is now an error

[Patrice Dumas]

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:30:59PM +0000, Karl Berry wrote:
>     http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?38997
> 
>     The statement is that the warning "@itemx must follow @item" has
>     been turned into an error between makeinfo 4.13 and 5.1.
>     ...
>     Consider to revert that change back into a warning.
> 
> Patrice, wasn't there a specific reason we decided to make that an
> error?  Neither my brain nor my searching is coming up with it.

I am pretty sure we discussed it.  One possible reason is that this is
indeed an error and manuals need to be fixed.  I don't think it has been
turned into an error, it was unreported in makeinfo 4.13.  My feeling is
that it should be an error, but we could leave a "grace period" for
manuals to be fixed, during which it would be a warning.

-- 
Pat