; Prepare to update ERC version to 5.5

* doc/misc/erc.texi: Mention in various places that ERC is also
available from GNU ELPA.
* etc/ERC-NEWS: Mention Compat dependency and shorten title for
auth-source section.
* lisp/erc/erc-backend.el: (erc-server-reconnect-function,
erc-tags-format): Update package version to 5.5.
(erc--parse-message-tags): Downcase warning "type" to remain
consistent with all other ERC warnings.
* lisp/erc/erc-button.el: (erc-button-alist): Change package-version
to 5.5.
* lisp/erc/erc-match.el (erc-match-quote-when-adding): Update package
version to 5.5.
* lisp/erc/erc-sasl.el: Mention actual info node in Commentary.
(erc-sasl): Update package version to 5.5.
(erc-sasl-password): Reword doc string.
(erc-sasl-auth-source-function): Capitalize "info" in doc string.
* lisp/erc/erc-services.el (erc-auth-source-services-function): Update
package version to 5.5.  Capitalize "info" in doc string.  Change
choice type from const to function-item.
* lisp/erc/erc.el (erc-password): Capitalize "info" in doc string.
(erc-inhibit-multiline-input, erc-ask-about-multiline-input,
erc-prompt-hidden, erc-hide-prompt, erc-unhide-query-prompt,
erc-join-buffer, erc-reconnect-display, erc-kill-server-hook,
erc-kill-channel-hook, erc-kill-buffer-hook,
erc-url-connect-function): Update package version to 5.5.
(erc-auth-source-server-function, erc-auth-source-join-function):
Update package version to 5.5.  Change choice type from const to
function-item.  Capitalize "info" in doc string.
(erc-tls): Capitalize "info" in doc string.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/etc/ERC-NEWS b/etc/ERC-NEWS
index 9d09172401f..d5e256d9d33 100644
--- a/etc/ERC-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ERC-NEWS
@@ -47,18 +47,18 @@ From now on, only the most essential operations will be officially
 supported in its absence, and users will see a warning upon
 entry-point invocation when it's not present.
 
-** Tighter auth-source integration with bigger changes on the horizon.
+** Tighter auth-source integration.
 The days of hit-and-miss auth-source queries are hopefully behind us.
 With the overhaul of the services module temporarily shelved and the
 transition to SASL-based authentication still underway, users may feel
 left in the lurch to endure yet another release cycle of backtick
 hell.  For some, auth-source may provide a workaround in the form of
-nonstandard server passwords.  See the section titled "auth-source" in
-the Integrations chapter of ERC's manual.
+nonstandard server passwords.  See the section entitled "auth-source"
+in the Integrations chapter of ERC's manual.
 
 ** Rudimentary SASL support has arrived.
-A new module, 'erc-sasl', now ships with ERC 5.5.  See the SASL
-section in the manual for details.
+A new module, 'erc-sasl', now ships with ERC.  See Info node "(erc)
+SASL" in the manual for details.
 
 ** Username argument for entry-point commands.
 Commands 'erc' and 'erc-tls' now accept a ':user' keyword argument,
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ off by default, new users are encouraged to enable them.
 Clicking on 'irc://' and 'ircs://' links elsewhere in Emacs now does
 the right thing most of the time.  However, for security reasons,
 users are now prompted to confirm connection parameters prior to lift
-off.  See the new '(erc) Integrations' section in the Info manual to
-override this.
+off.  See the new '(erc) Integrations' section in the Info manual for
+details.
 
 ** Miscellaneous behavioral changes impacting the user experience.
 A bug has been fixed that saw prompts being mangled, doubled, or
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ file called erc-common.el.  This was done to further lessen the
 various complications arising from the mutual dependency between 'erc'
 and 'erc-backend'.
 
+ERC now relies on the Compat library from GNU ELPA to supply forward
+compatibility shims for users running older versions of Emacs.  The
+required Compat version resides atop ERC's main library file, in the
+'Package-Requires' header.  Third-party ERC modules will benefit
+automatically from this adoption.
+
 The function 'erc-network' always returns non-nil in server and target
 buffers belonging to a successfully established IRC connection, even
 after that connection has been closed.  (Also see the note in the