GNU bug report logs - #53627
29.0.50; Incorrect installation instructions

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Message #28 received at 53627 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Benjamin Riefenstahl <b.riefenstahl <at> turtle-trading.net>
Cc: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>,
 "H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter <at> duenenhof-wilhelm.de>, worik <root <at> worik.org>,
 53627 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#53627: 29.0.50; Incorrect installation instructions
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:25:10 +0100

Benjamin Riefenstahl <b.riefenstahl <at> turtle-trading.net> writes:

>> INSTALL and README are intended for the vast majority of people who
>> download the release off ftp.gnu.org (or alpha.gnu.org for pretests.)
>
> I'm not sure this is true anymore.  I'm guessing these days most people
> use pre-built binaries, and those who do get the source get it straight
> from the Git instead of the tarballs.  Maybe that note that if you clone
> the repo you should look at INSTALL.REPO could be more prominent in
> INSTALL?  When Dieter quoted the paragraph from INSTALL above, I could
> not even find that note at first glance, even though I knew what must be
> in there.

I didn't see it either.  I've now made it into a separate paragraph, and
made it slightly less obscure.

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