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

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 37414 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37414: 26.3; (emacs) `Contributing': no `etc/CONTRIBUTE'
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 05:16:09 -0700

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

>> 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?

On current master, this text says:

     If you would like to make more extensive contributions, see the
  ‘CONTRIBUTE’ file in the Emacs distribution for information on how to be
  an Emacs developer.

Perhaps we could just change "the Emacs distribution" to "the
development version of Emacs"?

> Or how about including CONTRIBUTE in the zip archive that users
> download to install Emacs?

The problem is that our conventions may change over time.  New
developers are better off looking for the latest version of the file.
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