From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#37414: 26.3; (emacs) `Contributing': no `etc/CONTRIBUTE' Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:16:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5d48e5eb-59d7-44c6-972e-deba07847ba2@default> References: <<<93efd688-4a2f-46d1-bb8b-805cbe6b7ccd@default>>> <<<8336gwxos2.fsf@gnu.org>>> <> <<83v9tsw5tv.fsf@gnu.org>> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="230493"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 37414@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii , Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 16 19:18:24 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i9uds-000xkI-4C for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:17:02 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userp3030.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2v0nb5297f-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:17:01 +0000 Original-Received: from abhmp0019.oracle.com (abhmp0019.oracle.com [141.146.116.25]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id x8GHH0YE012390; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:17:00 GMT In-Reply-To: <<83v9tsw5tv.fsf@gnu.org>> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.4888.0 (x86)] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9382 signatures=668685 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1908290000 definitions=main-1909160170 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9382 signatures=668685 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1908290000 definitions=main-1909160171 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:166568 Archived-At: > > 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 make= s > > > 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? >=20 > In the source tarball, in the top-level directory. What's that? I have an "Emacs distribution" for 26.3, from here (the location announced in emacs-devel@gnu.org on 2019-09-01):=20 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__alpha.gnu.org_gnu_em= acs_pretest_windows_emacs-2D26_&d=3DDwICAg&c=3DRoP1YumCXCgaWHvlZYR8PZh8Bv7q= IrMUB65eapI_JnE&r=3DkI3P6ljGv6CTHIKju0jqInF6AOwMCYRDQUmqX22rJ98&m=3D7le47_V= mxC77S4y7ZAEyhihP7eM9uhQzgEyuCq2jGAE&s=3DlZL3oWwAmq2LTzXevRIMYcwDl_2GbE3phy= ns_9v30RI&e=3D There is no CONTRIBUTE anywhere in that zip archive, AFAICT.