GNU bug report logs - #39609
26.3; Packaging system: Package documentation in the *Help* buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: dieter <at> duenenhof-wilhelm.de (H. Dieter Wilhelm)

Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 21:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 26.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter <at> duenenhof-wilhelm.de>
Cc: 39609 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39609: 26.3; Packaging system: Package documentation in the *Help* buffer
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:04:38 +0100

"H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter <at> duenenhof-wilhelm.de> writes:

>> Do you have a precise recipe to reproduce it, starting from "emacs -Q"?
>
> I prepared a multi-file package for you.  Under Emacs 26.3 or earlier
> you won't see any "long description" at all (unless you include a
> PACKAGE-NAME-readme.txt in the package archive).  Under 27.1 it shows
> now the ;;; Commentary: section of the PACKAGE-NAME.el file.  But NOT
> the content of the accompanying README!

The package didn't really clarify anything.

Could you instead give a precise recipe to reproduce the bug, starting
from "emacs -Q"? 

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