GNU bug report logs - #37267
27.0.50; Menus "About GNU" and "GNU and Freedom" to be made offline

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>

Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 06:14:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 37267 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 37267 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Subject: Re: bug#37267: 27.0.50; Menus "About GNU" and "GNU and Freedom" to be
 made offline
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:26:17 +0200
Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>:

> We used to include copies of such articles in /etc.
> I removed them, thinking that it was better to refer to the web.
> I wanted to remove something from the Emacs distro that I
> thought was superfluous.
>
> Based on what you've just said, maybe we should include
> copies of the most important articles in the Emacs distribution,
> as before.
>
> Perhaps we should also include
> https://gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html
> and https://gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html.

I think that makes sense.  Are there any objections to removing the wontfix tag?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas




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