From: Xue Fuqiao Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 04:49:17 +0000 (+0800) Subject: Mention CONTRIBUTE in README X-Git-Tag: emacs-26.0.90~2955 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ed2e7e2;p=emacs.git Mention CONTRIBUTE in README Mention CONTRIBUTE in README, since it was moved from etc/ to root. * etc/TODO: Remove the reference to `etc/CONTRIBUTE'. * README: Mention CONTRIBUTE. --- diff --git a/README b/README index be998524d75..1f3de15f683 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ user-visible changes in recent versions of Emacs. The file etc/PROBLEMS contains information on many common problems that occur in building, installing and running Emacs. +The file CONTRIBUTE contains information on contributing to Emacs as a +developer. + You may encounter bugs in this release. If you do, please report them; your bug reports are valuable contributions to the FSF, since they allow us to notice and fix problems on machines we don't have, or diff --git a/etc/TODO b/etc/TODO index 946a4fe005f..7045731c751 100644 --- a/etc/TODO +++ b/etc/TODO @@ -13,9 +13,12 @@ the latest version of this file in the Emacs source code repository. Since Emacs is an FSF-copyrighted package, please be prepared to sign legal papers to transfer the copyright on your work to the FSF. -For more details on this, see the section "Copyright Assignment" -in etc/CONTRIBUTE. That file also contains some more practical -details about getting involved. +Copyright assignment is a simple process. Residents of some countries +can do it entirely electronically. We can help you get started, and +answer any questions you may have (or point you to the people with the +answers), at the emacs-devel@gnu.org mailing list. + +For more information about getting involved, see the CONTRIBUTE file. As well as the issues listed here, there are bug reports at . Bugs tagged "easy" ought to be suitable for