Re: More metaproblem

[Stephen Leake]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:23:10 +0100
>> From: Przemysław Wojnowski <address@hidden>
>> 
>> 1. How to build a project from source
>> (http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2014/11/13/welcome-new-emacs-developers/ is a
>> good start).
>
> Is it different from INSTALL.REPO in the Emacs tree?

INSTALL.REPO is mentioned in CONTRIBUTE.

>> 2. How to run (automated) tests - IMHO a must if a project want to be
>> perceived as modern by young developers. Without automated tests young devs
>> will think that project stuck in 80's. Moreover, automated tests enable
>> refactoring, which is standard now. Writing tests is very good starting point
>> for new devs, because one can learn about the system and make it more
>> resistant to unintended changes at the same time.
>
> Did you look in tests/ ?

We should mention that in the Emacs Developer's Manual (new name for
CONTRIBUTE).

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-- Stephe