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25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 20697 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20697: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 15:44:58 +0200

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Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> > > So I'd "waste" a few extra chars to spell out that
> > > invitation explicitly.  Something like this:
> > >
> > >  "How to report bugs and suggest or contribute possible improvements"
> >
> > I find that line a bit too packed with information to be easily
> > parsed.  I think that the concern Lars has pointed out is valid here:
> > the about screen is already very dense.
>
> Then get rid of some other parts of the link text or
> other parts of the too-dense screen.  Don't get rid
> of the part about suggesting improvements.
>
> This bug report is especially about explicitly
> inviting enhancement suggestions/wishes.  That needs
> to be on top, up-front, in link text - not relegated
> to some text at the link target.
[...]
> > I came up with the attached tentative patch that adds a paragraph to
> > "Contributing" manual page, attached here for discussion.
> >
> > But thinking about this a bit more, I can't decide if it's a good idea
> > to encourage this or not.  There is a risk that we get too many low
> > quality suggestions that we will waste a lot of time handling.
>
> I couldn't disagree more with such fear/hesitation.

I largely agree with what you're saying; thanks for spelling it out.

I see two options to move forward here:

1. Add a new item (or reformulate an old one) on the splash screen.
2. Add something to the "Contributing" page about feature suggestions.

I'm not too enthusiastic about option 1, but I've re-attached my patch
which tries to do 2.  (They are not mutually exclusive.)

Any other opinions, please?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

[0001-Document-feature-requests-in-the-Emacs-manual.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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