GNU bug report logs - #37414
26.3; (emacs) `Contributing': no `etc/CONTRIBUTE'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 22:15:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 37414 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37414: 26.3; (emacs) `Contributing': no `etc/CONTRIBUTE'
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 18:07:57 +0300

> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 15:13:19 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> (emacs) `Contributing' says:
> 
>   For more information on how to contribute, see the 'etc/CONTRIBUTE'
>   file in the Emacs distribution.

You have an old manual, from an older Emacs version.

> Where is a user on MS Windows supposed to find file `CONTRIBUTE'?

In the source tree, as the contents of that file has changed and makes
no sense without access to the sources.
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