Re: [ELPA] New package c-intro-and-ref -- was Re: Proposal: Include C Manual from RMS in Emacs git, and/or release

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> Cc: jb@jeremybryant.net,  rms@gnu.org,  emacs-devel@gnu.org,
>   monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
> Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:44:16 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> >> Cc: Jeremy Bryant <jb@jeremybryant.net>,  rms@gnu.org,  
> >> emacs-devel@gnu.org,
> >>   Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> >> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:47:31 +0000
> >> 
> >> It would also make sense to make the Emacs manuals available for easy
> >> download
> >
> > The Emacs manuals are part of the release tarballs, so they are
> > already easily donwloadable: just download the release tarball, unpack
> > it, and take all the files from the info/ subdirectory.
> 
> While true, I think it is worth making it easier especially for people
> who are not familiar with TeXinfo and TeXinfo tooling.

What Texinfo tooling is involved?  The release tarball includes the
generated Info files, so Texinfo doesn't have to be installed or used
(which is the primary reason why we include the Info files in the
tarball in the first place).