GNU bug report logs - #51660
28.0.50; No mention of compilation step in section 'Package Installation' of the Emacs manual

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: dalanicolai <dalanicolai <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 13:14:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 51660 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: dalanicolai <dalanicolai <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 51660 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51660: 28.0.50; No mention of compilation step in section
 'Package Installation' of the Emacs manual
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:04:30 +0200

dalanicolai <dalanicolai <at> gmail.com> writes:

> It is 'implied' in section `48 Emacs Lisp Packages` and it is
> explicitly mentioned in section '41.1 Packaging Basics` of the Elisp
> manual. But I would prefer (consider it better practice/more helpful)
> to mention again, explicitly, in section '48.3 Package Installation'
> what it means for a package to get installed, as that is the section a
> user typically looks at/finds first.

I've now mentioned compilation in that section in Emacs 29.
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