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29.0.50; Fix AUCTeX entry in FAQ For MS Windows

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Message #19 received at 55330 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 55330 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55330: 29.0.50; Fix AUCTeX entry in FAQ For MS Windows
Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 16:39:04 +0300

> From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 55330 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 14:58:57 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > If AUCTeX no longer provides such a package, it is IMO better to
> > simply remove this subsection, instead of pointing users to a package
> > that is not in any ways specific for MS-Windows, and won't help them
> > use AUCTeX more than the upstream distribution will.
> >
> > IOW, the w32 Emacs FAQ is supposed to provide information that makes
> > installation and use of Emacs on Windows easier, and this new text
> > fails short of that mark.
> 
> I admit the entry in the FAQ now is somewhat redundant since AUCTeX
> behaves like many other packages available from ELPA.  The only reason I
> suggested this change is that deleting it would cause people come back
> and ask where it went.
> 
> But please feel free to delete that subsection if there is no added
> value behind it.

Done.  If they ask, we can always point them to the ChangeLog and this
bug report.

Thanks.

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