changeset 97932:20ce3b4f1247

A plea for fewer "it doesn't build" messages.
author Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
date Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:28:30 +0000
parents 5c4b2431ff57
children f0b85a8f25aa
files INSTALL.CVS
diffstat 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/INSTALL.CVS	Mon Sep 01 21:14:41 2008 +0000
+++ b/INSTALL.CVS	Mon Sep 01 21:28:30 2008 +0000
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@
 or gnu.emacs.bug.  Ideally, use M-x report-emacs-bug RET which will
 send it to the proper place.
 
+Because the CVS version of Emacs is a work in progress, it will
+sometimes fail to build.  Please wait a day or so (and check the bug
+and development mailing list archives) before reporting such problems.
+In most cases, the problem is known about and is just waiting for
+someone to fix it.
+
 
 Note on using SSH to access the CVS repository from inside Emacs
 ----------------------------------------------------------------