maint: cleanups to NEWS

* NEWS: Use more consistent wording, ordering, and formatting
for recent entries.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e07b10e319f107426331552163ae64df2566d27c..3d19c3bad44f7d21446561449abd07f3794ff0c0 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** Bug fixes
 
-  cp --parents again succeeds to preserve mode for absolute directories.
+  'cp --parents' again succeeds when preserving mode for absolute directories.
   Previously it would have failed with a "No such file or directory" error.
   [bug introduced in coreutils-9.1]
 
   cksum again diagnoses read errors in its default CRC32 mode.
   [bug introduced in coreutils-9.0]
 
-  install --strip now supports installing to files with a leading hyphen.
-  Previously such file names would have caused the strip process to fail.
+  factor, numfmt, and tsort now diagnose read errors on the input.
   [This bug was present in "the beginning".]
 
-  factor, numfmt, and tsort now diagnose read errors on the input.
+  'install --strip' now supports installing to files with a leading hyphen.
+  Previously such file names would have caused the strip process to fail.
   [This bug was present in "the beginning".]
 
   'pr --length=1 --double-space' no longer enters an infinite loop.