From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#37414: 26.3; (emacs) `Contributing': no `etc/CONTRIBUTE' Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 19:42:36 +0300 Message-ID: <83v9tsw5tv.fsf@gnu.org> References: <<93efd688-4a2f-46d1-bb8b-805cbe6b7ccd@default>> <<8336gwxos2.fsf@gnu.org>> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="166133"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 37414@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 16 19:03:23 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 1i9uPL-000h04-3p for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 19:03:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37552 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i9uPJ-0003Kf-NP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:03:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45935) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i9u5h-0001rM-GJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:43:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i9u5f-0008KF-15 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:43:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:42134) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i9u5e-0008K1-T7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:43:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i9u5e-0006i7-HY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:43:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:43:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 37414 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 37414-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B37414.156865216825767 (code B ref 37414); Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:43:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 37414) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Sep 2019 16:42:48 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50955 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i9u5P-0006hX-L4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:42:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37394) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i9u5N-0006hF-5H for 37414@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:42:46 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:53754) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i9u5H-00086o-Eb; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:42:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2898 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1i9u5G-0006Ej-OP; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:42:39 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Drew Adams on Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:22:26 -0700 (PDT)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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:166565 Archived-At: > X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED > autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 > Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:22:26 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drew Adams > 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.