From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19299: 25.0.50; "Contributing" button in *About GNU Emacs* no longer works Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:01:52 -0500 Message-ID: References: <21636.57684.129193.880930@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418058163 16227 80.91.229.3 (8 Dec 2014 17:02:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 17:02:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 19299@debbugs.gnu.org, Ulrich Mueller To: stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 08 18:02:36 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy1hj-0005lL-Ps for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 18:02:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35097 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy1hj-0006Sb-Dp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:02:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55043) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy1hJ-0005xr-VK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:02:11 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy1hC-0005k0-Qg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:02:09 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:60652) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy1hC-0005jh-ON for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:02:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy1hC-0002Tr-DW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:02:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:02:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19299 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 19299-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19299.14180581209527 (code B ref 19299); Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:02:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19299) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Dec 2014 17:02:00 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57865 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy1h9-0002Ta-H5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:01:59 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:53625) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy1h7-0002TS-Bs for 19299@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:01:57 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy1h3-000272-Df; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:01:54 -0500 X-Spook: Crypto AG satellite imagery underground Maple Cohiba X-Ran: T23dT&l<{(^L}s%-GF)_jS+5~ZsMs]ZR)\%o#F34wpt__a( (Ulrich Mueller's message of "Mon, 8 Dec 2014 00:23:00 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:97006 Archived-At: 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.) Please also note that ChangeLog entries are written in the present tense ("deleted", "merged", "renamed", etc), start with capitals, and end with full-stops.