From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Dec 07 18:23:40 2014 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Dec 2014 23:23:40 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56667 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XxlAy-000463-01 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 18:23:40 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57253) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XxlAw-00045u-R6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 18:23:39 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxlAm-0007S6-Uf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 18:23:38 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:42378) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxlAm-0007S2-Rk for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 18:23:28 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58883) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxlAf-0005p9-BJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 18:23:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxlAX-0007Kb-SR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 18:23:21 -0500 Received: from a1www.kph.uni-mainz.de ([134.93.134.1]:49890) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxlAX-0007G8-J5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 18:23:13 -0500 Received: from a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de (a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de [134.93.134.92]) by a1www.kph.uni-mainz.de (8.14.9/8.14.7) with ESMTP id sB7NN0hZ023603 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2014 00:23:00 +0100 Received: from a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de (8.14.8/8.14.2) with ESMTP id sB7NN0Bk013430; Mon, 8 Dec 2014 00:23:00 +0100 Received: (from ulm@localhost) by a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id sB7NN0bF013426; Mon, 8 Dec 2014 00:23:00 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <21636.57684.129193.880930@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 00:23:00 +0100 To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0b under 24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) From: Ulrich Mueller X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) In master, the CONTRIBUTE file was recently moved (back) from etc/ to the top-level dir. This breaks the corresponding button in the about page. To reproduce, type "M-x about-emacs RET" and then press the "Contributing" button: view-file: /usr/share/emacs/25.0.50/etc/CONTRIBUTE does not exist >From its new location, the file won't even be installed any more. (Note: The file had been moved from top-level to etc in 2007.) From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Dec 08 12:01:59 2014 Received: (at 19299) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Dec 2014 17:02:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57865 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy1h9-0002Ta-H5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:01:59 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:53625) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy1h7-0002TS-Bs for 19299@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:01:57 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy1h3-000272-Df; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:01:54 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org Subject: Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works References: <21636.57684.129193.880930@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> X-Spook: Crypto AG satellite imagery underground Maple Cohiba X-Ran: T23dT&l<{(^L}s%-GF)_jS+5~ZsMs]ZR)\%o#F34wpt__a( (Ulrich Mueller's message of "Mon, 8 Dec 2014 00:23:00 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19299 Cc: 19299@debbugs.gnu.org, Ulrich Mueller X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Ulrich Mueller wrote: > In master, the CONTRIBUTE file was recently moved (back) from etc/ to > the top-level dir. This breaks the corresponding button in the about > page. To reproduce, type "M-x about-emacs RET" and then press the > "Contributing" button: > > view-file: /usr/share/emacs/25.0.50/etc/CONTRIBUTE does not exist > >>>From its new location, the file won't even be installed any more. > > (Note: The file had been moved from top-level to etc in 2007.) Yes, this file was moved into etc from top-level specifically so it would be part of the installed Emacs. Personally I don't think that moving it out again makes much sense, but if people really want to do that, it needs more work. It needs to be in the installed Emacs, so a special install rule will need to be written. The doc references that refer to it being in the etc/ directory (grep will find these) will need to be rewritten to account for it being in different places in installed and uninstalled Emacs. Personally I think it would be a lot simpler to move it back where it was and put a stub CONTRIBUTE at top-level that just says "see etc/CONTRIBUTE". (But again, personally I don't think this makes much sense.) Please also note that ChangeLog entries are written in the present tense ("deleted", "merged", "renamed", etc), start with capitals, and end with full-stops. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Dec 08 13:03:38 2014 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Dec 2014 18:03:38 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57915 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy2en-0005PS-Is for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:03:37 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:55066) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy2em-0005PK-4U for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:03:36 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy2el-0003K8-LQ for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:03:35 -0500 Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:03:35 -0500 Message-Id: Subject: control message for bug 19299 To: X-Mailer: mail (GNU Mailutils 2.1) From: Glenn Morris X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) tag 19299 confirmed From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Dec 08 16:45:33 2014 Received: (at 19299) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Dec 2014 21:45:33 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58204 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy67Z-0002SP-3w for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 16:45:33 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:60611) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy67W-0002SH-98 for 19299@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 16:45:30 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy67U-0000DV-M3; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 16:45:28 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org Subject: Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works References: <21636.57684.129193.880930@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> X-Spook: clandestine CISU Ron Brown benelux threat constitution X-Ran: (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:01:52 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19299 Cc: 19299@debbugs.gnu.org, Ulrich Mueller X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) PS perhaps there is some confusion as to the purpose of this file. The intended audience for etc/CONTRIBUTE is people who are not Emacs developers and do not have write access to the repo. So it specifically does not talk about how to commit things to Savannah, etc. (People may have added bits of such information to the file in error.) Many people just want to send a patch, not get write access. That was why CONTRIBUTE needs to be in the installed Emacs. "What people who commit to Emacs need to know" is a much more lengthy document, and IMO should be a separate one. (IIRC, Xue Fuqiao wrote a version of it the last time this came up; see emacs-devel archives. I have to say that I didn't like that version much.) Such a document is obviously long overdue. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Dec 24 08:57:21 2014 Received: (at 19299-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Dec 2014 13:57:22 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56367 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y3mRF-0000Ac-1U for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 08:57:21 -0500 Received: from gproxy4-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com ([69.89.23.142]:43074) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y3mR8-0000AP-Lj for 19299-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 08:57:15 -0500 Received: (qmail 14668 invoked by uid 0); 24 Dec 2014 13:57:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO CMOut01) (10.0.90.82) by gproxy4.mail.unifiedlayer.com with SMTP; 24 Dec 2014 13:57:10 -0000 Received: from host114.hostmonster.com ([74.220.207.114]) by CMOut01 with id XRx21p01S2UdiVW01Rx5FC; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 06:57:10 -0700 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=fJeqg/qe c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=CQdxDb2CKd3SRg4I0/XZPQ==:117 a=CQdxDb2CKd3SRg4I0/XZPQ==:17 a=DsvgjBjRAAAA:8 a=f5113yIGAAAA:8 a=fNEgcOh0sVsA:10 a=9i_RQKNPAAAA:8 a=hEr_IkYJT6EA:10 a=jrwKn-8xaegA:10 a=A92cGCtB03wA:10 a=3FdbJPj3SMhLskfxQbUA:9 Received: from [70.94.38.149] (port=50987 helo=TAKVER) by host114.hostmonster.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1Y3mQw-0008OW-AX for 19299-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 06:57:02 -0700 From: Stephen Leake To: 19299-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: 19299 fixed Package: emacs Version: 25.0.50 Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 07:56:50 -0600 Message-ID: <85vbl1m9r1.fsf@stephe-leake.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.94 (windows-nt) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Identified-User: {2442:host114.hostmonster.com:stephele:stephe-leake.org} {sentby:smtp auth 70.94.38.149 authed with stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org} X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19299-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) 2014-12-19 Stephen Leake Move user-level information from CONTRIBUTE to doc/emacs/trouble.texi Fixes bug#19299 * CONTRIBUTE: Move user-level information to doc/emacs/trouble.texi (commit messages): new, gathered from comments on emacs-devel (Changelog notes): add reference to GNU coding standards section 5.2; doc 'present tense', bug fix format (branches): freeze announcements are made on info-gnu-emacs mailing list (git vs rename): new * doc/emacs/trouble.texi: Move user-level information from CONTRIBUTE here * lisp/startup.el (fancy-about-text): change buttons for etc/CONTRIBUTE to (info "(emacs)Contributing") -- -- Stephe From unknown Sat Aug 16 21:20:34 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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