* NEWS: Document async package-menu.

diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index f0da3a57d3de9c8fa3f3e844693e5d9dce8c20ac..ed37524471d0abd833f1d87e45284d7da824b7e4 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-04-06  Artur Malabarba  <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>
+
+       * NEWS: Document async package-menu.
+
 2015-03-25  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
        * TODO: Remove obsolete entries.

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index cc3c6d1c2359b51089f96c6649bd6c33e37e7483..0332fc50960eb354ac278f933f343739bd361d4c 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -223,6 +223,13 @@ Unicode standards.
 ** xterm-mouse-mode now supports mouse-tracking (if your xterm supports it).
 
 ** package.el
+*** Most functions which involve downloading information now take an
+ASYNC argument.  If it is non-nil, package.el performs the download(s)
+asynchronously.
+
+*** New variable `package-menu-async' controls whether the
+package-menu uses asynchronous downloads.
+
 *** `package-install-from-buffer' and `package-install-file' work on directories.
 This follows the same rules as installing from a .tar file, except the
 -pkg file is optional.