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 #36 received at control <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: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 18:38:37 -0700

tags 37414 fixed
close 37414 28.1
thanks

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

> 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"?

No further comments within a year, so I've now made this change on
master.  I'm therefore closing this bug report.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 244 days ago.

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