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bug#37414: 26.3; (emacs) `Contributing': no `etc/CONTRIBUTE'
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#37414: 26.3; (emacs) `Contributing': no `etc/CONTRIBUTE' |
Date: |
Mon, 16 Sep 2019 19:42:36 +0300 |
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> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:22:26 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 37414@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > You have an old manual, from an older Emacs version.
>
> emacs -Q for Emacs 26.3 says this in `(emacs) Contributing':
>
> If you would like to make more extensive contributions, see the
> 'CONTRIBUTE' file in the Emacs distribution for information on
> how to be an Emacs developer.
>
> > > Where is a user on MS Windows supposed to find file `CONTRIBUTE'?
> >
> > In the source tree, as the contents of that file has changed and makes
> > no sense without access to the sources.
>
> No idea what "the source tree" means here. That node tells
> users to look for file CONTRIBUTE "in the Emacs distribution".
> Where is it in the Emacs distribution?
In the source tarball, in the top-level directory.