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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org>
Cc: 55330@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55330: 29.0.50; Fix AUCTeX entry in FAQ For MS Windows
Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 16:39:04 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sfpiu8p3.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86bkw6ooa6.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Arash Esbati on Mon, 09 May 2022 14:58:57 +0200)

> From: Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org>
> Cc: 55330@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 14:58:57 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@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.





      reply	other threads:[~2022-05-09 13:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-09  6:42 bug#55330: 29.0.50; Fix AUCTeX entry in FAQ For MS Windows Arash Esbati
2022-05-09 10:10 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-09 11:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-09 12:58   ` Arash Esbati
2022-05-09 13:39     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]

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