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bug#45143: Missing source for some doc/misc manuals (moral-issue)


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: bug#45143: Missing source for some doc/misc manuals (moral-issue)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:28:13 +0200

> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Cc: contovob@tcd.ie,  rgm@gnu.org,  45143@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:15:58 +0100
> 
>     Eli> Not necessarily.  having the instructions in the README should be
>     Eli> enough.  (Making Info from .org as part of the build could be
>     Eli> problematic, since we need a functional Emacs for that.  While that
>     Eli> could be done, I don't see why we should bother.)
> 
> We need a functional emacs to byte-compile files as well, I donʼt see
> why this is any different.

It's a complication, since we generally build the manuals right at the
beginning.

> In my mind, source code without the accompanying build instructions is
> incomplete (unless you count the README as those instructions).

I do count README as instructions for this purpose.





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