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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE index 7c3421ed75a..614afa27db7 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/CONTRIBUTE @@ -366,6 +366,22 @@ reasons. These should be marked by including something like "Do not merge to master" or anything that matches gitmerge-skip-regexp (see admin/gitmerge.el) in the commit message. +** Some packages in Emacs are maintained externally + +Sometimes a package that ships as part of GNU Emacs is maintained as a +separate project, with its own upstream repository, its own maintainer +group, its own development conventions, etc. The upstream project's +code is periodically merged into Emacs (exactly when and how such +merges happen depends on the package). + +So when you are making a contribution -- such as fixing a bug or +proposing an enhancement -- to one of these externally maintained +packages, you sometimes need to deal with that package at its upstream +source. + +In the section "Externally maintained packages" in "admin/MAINTAINERS" +we maintain a list of such packages. + ** GNU ELPA This repository does not contain the Emacs Lisp package archive diff --git a/admin/MAINTAINERS b/admin/MAINTAINERS index c26206baf64..092978f6d2c 100644 --- a/admin/MAINTAINERS +++ b/admin/MAINTAINERS @@ -318,6 +318,23 @@ Modus themes doc/misc/modus-themes.org etc/themes/modus*.el +Org Mode + Home Page: https://orgmode.org/ + Maintainer: Org Mode developers + Repository: git://git.sv.gnu.org/emacs/org-mode.git + Mailing list: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org + Bug Reports: M-x org-submit-bug-report + Notes: Org Mode is maintained as a separate project that is + periodically merged into Emacs. To view or participate in + Org Mode development, please go to https://orgmode.org/ and + follow the instructions there. + + lisp/org/*.el + etc/org/* + etc/refcards/orgcard.tex + doc/misc/org.org + doc/misc/org-setup.org + ;;; Local Variables: ;;; coding: utf-8 |