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bug#37414: 26.3; (emacs) `Contributing': no `etc/CONTRIBUTE'
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#37414: 26.3; (emacs) `Contributing': no `etc/CONTRIBUTE' |
Date: |
Mon, 16 Sep 2019 20:57:44 +0300 |
> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:16:59 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 37414@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > > 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.
>
> 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):
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__alpha.gnu.org_gnu_emacs_pretest_windows_emacs-2D26_&d=DwICAg&c=RoP1YumCXCgaWHvlZYR8PZh8Bv7qIrMUB65eapI_JnE&r=kI3P6ljGv6CTHIKju0jqInF6AOwMCYRDQUmqX22rJ98&m=7le47_VmxC77S4y7ZAEyhihP7eM9uhQzgEyuCq2jGAE&s=lZL3oWwAmq2LTzXevRIMYcwDl_2GbE3phyns_9v30RI&e=
>
> There is no CONTRIBUTE anywhere in that zip archive, AFAICT.
These are binary zip files, not source tarballs. You should look on
ftp.gnu.org instead.