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nt/README and nt/README.w32 confuse. Why nt/README still live?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:44:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: nt/README and nt/README.w32 confuse. Why nt/README still live?
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:41:22 +0300

I ask same question at:

  http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/145481

Significant changes in nt/README dated:

  revno: 35870
  committer: Andrew Innes <andrewi <at> gnu.org>
  timestamp: Sat 2001-02-03 18:23:30 +0000
  message:
    Replace outdated information.

Next significant thing done by:

  revno: 84027 [merge]
  committer: Miles Bader <miles <at> gnu.org>
  timestamp: Fri 2008-02-01 02:40:23 +0000
  message:
    Merge from emacs--rel--22

But exactly same changes applied to nt/README.w32.

ediff on nt/README.w32 and nt/README show that
nt/README is mostly subset of nt/README.w32.

So why nt/README still alive?

I confused what to read and my little detective search told me
that nt/README useless as duplicate and have no any other info
then in nt/README.w32.

I suggest remove this file (and move any missing to
nt/README.w32) to follow SPOT rule.
Reply sent to Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:52:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Notification sent to Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa <at> gmail.com>:
bug acknowledged by developer. (Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:52:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #10 received at 9863-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 9863-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9863: nt/README and nt/README.w32 confuse. Why nt/README
	still	live?
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:50:07 +0200

> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:41:22 +0300
> From: Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa <at> gmail.com>
> 
> I ask same question at:
> 
>    http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/145481

See my response; closing.
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:55:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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