[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no lo
From: |
Stephen Leake |
Subject: |
Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works |
Date: |
Mon, 08 Dec 2014 18:06:16 -0600 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.94 (windows-nt) |
This is being discussed on emacs-devel, so I'm copying this there.
Glenn Morris <address@hidden> writes:
> Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>
>> In master, the CONTRIBUTE file was recently moved (back) from etc/ to
>> the top-level dir. This breaks the corresponding button in the about
>> page. To reproduce, type "M-x about-emacs RET" and then press the
>> "Contributing" button:
>>
>> view-file: /usr/share/emacs/25.0.50/etc/CONTRIBUTE does not exist
>>
>>>From its new location, the file won't even be installed any more.
>>
>> (Note: The file had been moved from top-level to etc in 2007.)
>
> Yes, this file was moved into etc from top-level specifically so it
> would be part of the installed Emacs. Personally I don't think that
> moving it out again makes much sense, but if people really want to do
> that, it needs more work. It needs to be in the installed Emacs, so a
> special install rule will need to be written. The doc references that
> refer to it being in the etc/ directory (grep will find these) will need
> to be rewritten to account for it being in different places in installed
> and uninstalled Emacs. Personally I think it would be a lot simpler to
> move it back where it was and put a stub CONTRIBUTE at top-level that
> just says "see etc/CONTRIBUTE". (But again, personally I don't think
> this makes much sense.)
I did not realize there was a link to etc/CONTRIBUTE in About.
--
-- Stephe
- Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works,
Stephen Leake <=
- Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works, Stephen Leake, 2014/12/08
- Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works, Alexis, 2014/12/08
- Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works, Glenn Morris, 2014/12/08
- Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works, Stephen Leake, 2014/12/09
- Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works, Eli Zaretskii, 2014/12/09
- Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works, Glenn Morris, 2014/12/09
- Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works, Eli Zaretskii, 2014/12/09
- Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works, Stephen Leake, 2014/12/10
- Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works, Richard Stallman, 2014/12/10
- Re: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works, Stephen Leake, 2014/12/10