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28.0.50; [feature/native-comp] provide a user feedback on Emacs being native compiled

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller <at> live.com>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 43269 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, akrl <at> sdf.org
Subject: bug#43269: 28.0.50; [feature/native-comp] provide a user feedback on Emacs being native compiled
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 21:54:18 +0300

> From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller <at> live.com>
> Cc: Andrea Corallo <akrl <at> sdf.org>,  larsi <at> gnus.org,  43269 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 20:48:53 +0200
> 
> > FWIW, I will repeat that my preference is 3.  This information doesn't
> > belong to the version, it belongs to the description of the build's
> > features, and thus to "about Emacs" (which needs to be revamped not to
> > show the same information as the splash screen).
> 
> Could about-screen use org-mode or outline mode and have a collapsed
> list fetures, like compile options, included packages (dired, gnus, org
> etc ...)?

It already has links, so it definitely could have more of them.

Why would we want to display that in Org is not immediately clear to
me.  It sounds like this will make the About display harder to use for
newbies who aren't familiar with Org.  What's wrong with simple links?
everybody is familiar with that nowadays.

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