From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22935: W32 Binaries should have a top-level directory Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 20:52:32 +0200 Message-ID: <838u1sredr.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87fuw2m1pr.fsf@russet.org.uk> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1457463205 4156 80.91.229.3 (8 Mar 2016 18:53:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 18:53:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22935@debbugs.gnu.org To: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 08 19:53:14 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1adMkq-00028U-TE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 19:53:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36676 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adMkm-0002cS-Vh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:53:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34270) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adMkj-0002cL-Gq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:53:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adMkg-0001nA-BT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:53:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:42863) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adMkg-0001n5-8K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:53:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1adMkg-0006Cw-0U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:53:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 18:53:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22935 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22935-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22935.145746315523822 (code B ref 22935); Tue, 08 Mar 2016 18:53:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22935) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Mar 2016 18:52:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39990 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1adMkE-0006CA-Sh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:52:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43222) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1adMkD-0006By-E1 for 22935@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:52:33 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adMk5-0001kh-3a for 22935@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:52:28 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:45544) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adMk5-0001kd-0p; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:52:25 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3030 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1adMk4-0006io-Eu; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:52:24 -0500 In-reply-to: <87fuw2m1pr.fsf@russet.org.uk> (phillip.lord@russet.org.uk) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:114593 Archived-At: > From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) > Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 21:12:48 +0000 > > I would suggest that future Emacs zip files contain a top-level > directory with the same name as the zip file, underneath which comes > /var, /share, /bin, plus README.W32, plus COPYING. This still makes it > easily to install over an existing distribution with a copy command. I don't quite agree with the last sentence. There's no 'cp' on Windows out of the box, so either people will use XCOPY or the Windows Explorer. Both will by default nag users about overwriting existing files in the destination, and not everyone will know how to work around that. Besides, I think most people will simply leave the files in the directory where they were unpacked, and will then have to play with their PATH or rename the top-level directory. By contrast, if the zip archive does NOT have a top-level directory, it is easy to create one upon unpacking: the 'unzip' command has the "-d" switch for that, and unpacking from Explorer will actually suggest a separate directory by default.