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bug#53627: 29.0.50; Incorrect installation instructions
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#53627: 29.0.50; Incorrect installation instructions |
Date: |
Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:25:10 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Benjamin Riefenstahl <b.riefenstahl@turtle-trading.net> writes:
>> INSTALL and README are intended for the vast majority of people who
>> download the release off ftp.gnu.org (or alpha.gnu.org for pretests.)
>
> I'm not sure this is true anymore. I'm guessing these days most people
> use pre-built binaries, and those who do get the source get it straight
> from the Git instead of the tarballs. Maybe that note that if you clone
> the repo you should look at INSTALL.REPO could be more prominent in
> INSTALL? When Dieter quoted the paragraph from INSTALL above, I could
> not even find that note at first glance, even though I knew what must be
> in there.
I didn't see it either. I've now made it into a separate paragraph, and
made it slightly less obscure.
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