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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Contributing to Emacs
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:13:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h71i7y4y.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87czc6c7fj.fsf@telefonica.net> ("Óscar Fuentes"'s message of "Thu, 08 Sep 2022 15:38:40 +0200")

>>>>> On Thu, 08 Sep 2022 15:38:40 +0200, Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> said:

    Óscar> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
    >>>>>>> On Thu, 8 Sep 2022 15:11:29 +0200, Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> said:
    >> 
    >> >> Only when youʼre building from a git checkout, in which case you
    >> >> should read INSTALL.REPO, which has that step.
    >> >> 
    >> >> Robert
    >> 
    Christopher> @Robert.  I would then suggest to include what INSTALL and INSTALL.REPO
    Christopher> are meant for immediately at the beginning of README.
    >> 
    >> Line 8 of README:
    >> 
    >> The file INSTALL in this directory says how to build and install GNU
    >> Emacs on various systems, once you have unpacked or checked out the
    >> entire Emacs file tree.
    >> 
    >> although perhaps that 'checked out' bit should be removed or refer to
    >> INSTALL.REPO.

    Óscar> You are supposed to use the instructions on INSTALL for building an
    Óscar> Emacs checkout too. Among those instructions, at the beginning, it is
    Óscar> said that you must start with the steps written in INSTALL.REPO in case
    Óscar> you are building a checkout.

    Óscar> It looks fine to me.

Itʼs easy to miss the referral to INSTALL.REPO at the start of
INSTALL. Would it do any harm to refer to it from README as well?

Robert
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  reply	other threads:[~2022-09-08 14:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 187+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-07 20:01 Contributing to Emacs João Paulo Labegalini de Carvalho
2022-09-07 20:32 ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-09-08 16:26   ` João Paulo Labegalini de Carvalho
2022-09-08 16:39   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-07 21:33 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-09-08  5:40   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-08 10:22     ` Christopher Dimech
2022-09-08 11:57     ` Christopher Dimech
2022-09-08 12:27       ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-08 13:11         ` Christopher Dimech
2022-09-08 13:25           ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-08 13:38             ` Óscar Fuentes
2022-09-08 14:13               ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2022-09-08 14:48                 ` Óscar Fuentes
2022-09-08 15:21             ` Christopher Dimech
2022-09-08 12:12     ` Christopher Dimech
2022-09-08 13:47       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-08 14:49         ` Christopher Dimech
2022-09-08 14:55           ` Visuwesh
2022-09-08 15:16             ` Christopher Dimech
2022-09-08 15:24               ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-08 15:34                 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-09-08 15:37                   ` Visuwesh
2022-09-08 15:39                   ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-08 16:43                     ` Christopher Dimech
2022-09-08 16:11               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-08 16:38                 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-09-08 16:08           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-09 15:09 ` Stefan Monnier
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2023-06-16 11:20 Android port of Emacs Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-16 15:16 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-16 15:32   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-17  0:49     ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-17  6:20       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-17 13:34         ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-17 16:47           ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-06-17 18:11             ` contributing to Emacs Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-17 18:36               ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-06-17 19:39                 ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-17 21:00                   ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-06-17 21:10                     ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-17 21:19                       ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-06-17 21:26                         ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-17 22:25                           ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-06-17 22:39                             ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18  5:20                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18  8:53                                 ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18  9:01                                   ` Po Lu
2023-06-18  9:23                                     ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18  9:25                                       ` Po Lu
2023-06-18 10:04                                         ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 10:07                                           ` Po Lu
2023-06-18  9:57                                       ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-06-18  9:01                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18  9:06                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18  9:21                                       ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 12:00                                         ` Michael Albinus
2023-06-18  9:18                                     ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18  9:35                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 21:16                                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-06-18 10:00                                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-06-18 10:15                                     ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 10:22                                       ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-06-23  6:49                                         ` Sean Whitton
2023-06-24 15:37                                           ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-06-25  7:40                                             ` Sean Whitton
2023-06-18 12:13                                       ` Po Lu
2023-06-18 12:26                                         ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 13:43                                           ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-06-18 14:57                                             ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-18 16:29                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 18:52                                                 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-18 19:10                                                   ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-06-18 19:11                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 20:10                                                     ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-19  2:24                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-19  6:05                                                         ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-19 18:07                                                         ` David Masterson
2023-06-19 18:50                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-19 21:29                                                             ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-19 22:49                                                               ` David Masterson
2023-06-20 11:14                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-20 15:45                                                                 ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-20 16:14                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-20 16:32                                                                     ` Lynn Winebarger
2023-06-20 16:42                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-20 19:49                                                                     ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-24  1:44                                                                     ` Björn Bidar
2023-06-24  3:10                                                                       ` Po Lu
2023-06-24  7:00                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-24  7:54                                                                         ` Michael Albinus
2023-06-25  2:25                                                                       ` Richard Stallman
2023-06-25 16:41                                                                         ` Corwin Brust
2023-06-25 23:31                                                                           ` Björn Bidar
2023-06-26 16:47                                                                             ` Ian Kelling
2023-06-27 11:08                                                                             ` Yuchen Pei
2023-06-27 13:52                                                                               ` Corwin Brust
2023-06-28  4:33                                                                               ` Björn Bidar
2023-06-29  3:03                                                                               ` Richard Stallman
2023-07-03  2:32                                                                                 ` Björn Bidar
2023-07-03  4:25                                                                                   ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-07-05  2:07                                                                                     ` Richard Stallman
2023-07-04  1:58                                                                                   ` Richard Stallman
2023-07-05 13:19                                                                                 ` Yuchen Pei
2023-07-09  2:53                                                                                   ` Richard Stallman
2023-06-27  1:05                                                                           ` Richard Stallman
2023-06-28  2:18                                                                           ` Richard Stallman
2023-06-20 16:24                                                                   ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-06-20 16:33                                                                   ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-19 22:47                                                             ` David Masterson
2023-06-20  1:17                                                               ` Po Lu
2023-06-20  2:24                                                                 ` David Masterson
2023-06-20  7:01                                                                 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-06-21  0:51                                                                 ` Richard Stallman
2023-06-21  4:13                                                                   ` Po Lu
2023-06-21  4:23                                                                   ` David Masterson
2023-06-23  1:47                                                                     ` Richard Stallman
2023-06-23  2:28                                                                       ` Po Lu
2023-06-25  2:25                                                                         ` Richard Stallman
2023-06-20 11:20                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18  8:34                               ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-06-18  8:58                                 ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18  0:50                             ` Po Lu
2023-06-20  2:55                               ` Richard Stallman
2023-06-20  3:39                                 ` Po Lu
2023-06-21  9:20                                   ` Gregory Heytings
2023-06-22  1:56                                   ` Richard Stallman
2023-06-22  2:23                                     ` Po Lu
2023-06-22  7:47                                       ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-06-22  7:59                                         ` Po Lu
2023-06-22  8:38                                         ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-20 11:30                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-17 21:44                         ` chad
2023-06-18  9:26                     ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-18 10:05                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 10:30                         ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-18 10:52                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 11:00                             ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-18 10:57                       ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18  8:59                   ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-18  9:30                     ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18  9:34                       ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18  9:56                       ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 10:02                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 10:13                           ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 10:22                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 10:27                               ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 10:36                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 10:44                                   ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 10:59                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 11:14                                       ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 11:32                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 11:54                                           ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 12:18                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 12:24                                               ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 15:20                                                 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-18 10:54                                 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-18 11:11                                   ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 12:10                                 ` Po Lu
2023-06-18 12:28                                   ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 12:51                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 13:02                                       ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 13:13                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 13:32                                     ` Po Lu
2023-06-18 13:50                                       ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 10:12                         ` Po Lu
2023-06-18 10:22                           ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 12:09                             ` Po Lu
2023-06-18 12:30                               ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 13:29                                 ` Po Lu
2023-06-18 13:55                                   ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 12:33                               ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-18 13:30                                 ` Po Lu
2023-06-18 13:57                                   ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-23  6:51                           ` Sean Whitton
2023-06-23  7:06                             ` Po Lu
2023-06-23  7:14                               ` Sean Whitton
2023-06-23  7:17                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-24  7:21                               ` Sean Whitton
2023-06-24  7:43                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-24 12:36                                   ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-24 14:44                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-24 16:17                                       ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-06-24 17:13                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-25  7:39                                   ` Sean Whitton
2023-06-18  9:43                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 10:19                       ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-18 10:31                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 10:50                           ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-18 11:29                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-20  5:44 Contributing " Jacob Criner
2013-03-21  7:49 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-03-26 16:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-03-26 17:33   ` Drew Adams

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