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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Message #26 received at 37414 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 37414 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#37414: 26.3; (emacs) `Contributing': no `etc/CONTRIBUTE'
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:24:33 -0700 (PDT)

> These are binary zip files, not source tarballs.  You should look on
> ftp.gnu.org instead.

How about improving the manual to explain what it
means by "the Emacs distribution", if that's not
what users download to install Emacs?  Or how
about including CONTRIBUTE in the zip archive that
users download to install Emacs?
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