From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#63536: Feature Request Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 16:37:24 +0300 Message-ID: <83bkijxenf.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1553770628.2069339.1684237196253.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1553770628.2069339.1684237196253@mail.yahoo.com> <83sfbwz3cp.fsf@gnu.org> <2050007547.2204916.1684290974957@mail.yahoo.com> <83y1lnxlzo.fsf@gnu.org> <1884442844.2472195.1684329429592@mail.yahoo.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7379"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 63536@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andrew Goh Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed May 17 15:38:27 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pzHMI-0001f1-Lo for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 17 May 2023 15:38:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pzHM2-0001Kw-DQ; Wed, 17 May 2023 09:38:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pzHLv-0001KU-6z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 May 2023 09:38:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pzHLu-00051b-JS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 May 2023 09:38:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pzHLu-0000vY-Ew for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 May 2023 09:38:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 13:38:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 63536 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 63536-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B63536.16843306423506 (code B ref 63536); Wed, 17 May 2023 13:38:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 63536) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 May 2023 13:37:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49316 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pzHLG-0000uU-I2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 17 May 2023 09:37:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37930) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pzHLE-0000uF-DP for 63536@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 17 May 2023 09:37:20 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pzHL8-0004u4-V2; Wed, 17 May 2023 09:37:15 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=j9o3T9GgB6txkFT+XBy0pIAQ+JpPfAW1wVvI4xDUkCw=; b=dUYjB8PAdZ7o JuNadRd7pbCcrRcPG6Mc5w+K0tK0JMeKhnIiP88kcN0yH+RrhWSPCQZXleArPFYqqS0NyTyYbJDoa RcJ9F2NgHpmm2EEpqzNKczB8P8ri+WT5zsuJDPoLACeQ381x+rK/A/4nmnkj1SIWw7Vyf8c5VhXIN xrz4QYq/pVuCcHaunPdZxoX5nV6+HuM+huhu9BKxK+RZzmAS831HjXrp0wXoPfUEzW5zfUXDGIlu7 DMWdi7rnKwgqGCJ3EN36fvEW5P74pZHCBvdPwprGwDwCTijTRu3PzRYOKOFh2eV1M+5RigVrWYBkw bdDJ1+9Fp7D59gsTDTjNMw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pzHL8-0005TH-FF; Wed, 17 May 2023 09:37:14 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1884442844.2472195.1684329429592@mail.yahoo.com> (message from Andrew Goh on Wed, 17 May 2023 13:17:09 +0000 (UTC)) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:261850 Archived-At: [PLEASE use Reply All to have the bug tracker on the CC list.] > Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 13:17:09 +0000 (UTC) > From: Andrew Goh > > Updates of GNU Emacs. Many software tools out in the proprietary world have such a feature. So you want a command to check whether a newer Emacs is available? But where should this command look? Many (most?) people install precompiled binaries prepared by their distros, and I assume those distros have their "check for updates" service or something? We could check on the GNU FTP site, but how many users will want to download and build Emacs from sources? What do other people think about this?