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#55930: 29.0.50; Removing some items from Emacs FAQ for MS Windows Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:01:56 +0300 Message-ID: <83y1y0u37f.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86fsk9buyr.fsf@gnu.org> <83edztvid5.fsf@gnu.org> <86tu8o6hwx.fsf@gnu.org> <83a6agvldj.fsf@gnu.org> <86sfo891q0.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26406"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 55930@debbugs.gnu.org To: Arash Esbati Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 13 15:03:19 2022 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 1o0jiw-0006en-W4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2022 15:03:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43112 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o0jiv-0001TR-JE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:03:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54794) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o0jii-0001S6-9U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:03:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:35448) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o0jig-0000YI-9y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:03:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o0jig-0003ex-4o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:03:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:03:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 55930 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 55930-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B55930.165512533813337 (code B ref 55930); Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:03:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 55930) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jun 2022 13:02:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57578 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o0jhx-0003Sk-Ez for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:02:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41510) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o0jhw-0003Mr-4e for 55930@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:02:16 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:38320) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o0jhq-0000Vl-QL for 55930@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:02:10 -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=mS+VtU4DBWWORlctIgi6ed+onqvSb+vsdYASc5hsYV4=; b=TKX2vQ9ptKUN qsmkuniqJWg89G4wExbKZf5Sujsj4jDYyZ2Bd/B0JpmCspCBzzEhv5kd+cIKdBVS04wfNZsFvkOOj TP+ANVPb9RqIYJf/IPCJoIBnh6RdAQsmoEKHyHcdxpakXFisTIQQXr5D1KKHl9MDI+AYnSl6c8Jcj GOkzBke3HeB2r6a4CYV1PSlErLUcsD+Qb1pQwoWGcuiu9gn6pIf8RAf7ZZIwyizNdd+1IxcQzO6Tq X3+RC+CqDzm13dWLLE2JZh3ddrPpIunaGVGywrrvW6y/7lnjM5K+QlkTcx+HFtBE7sbX74/xLOs7c 4yf9/ccCyTOENID2noJj1A==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=4929 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 1o0jhp-0008J4-Lu; Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:02:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: <86sfo891q0.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Arash Esbati on Mon, 13 Jun 2022 14:39:35 +0200) 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:234397 Archived-At: > From: Arash Esbati > Cc: 55930@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 14:39:35 +0200 > > > First, I think MinGW64 should nowadays be the main reference, and > > mingw.org's MinGW just the second choice, specifically for 32-bit > > builds targeting old Windows versions (which MinGW64 and MSYS2 no > > longer support). > > Thanks for your comments. I presume you mean to make this change > through the entire FAQ, right? Starting with > > 1.2 Which versions of Windows are supported? > > and not only in > > 11 Other useful ports > > ? Yes. > > This is IMO too detailed for no good reason. We don't need to "sell" > > MinGW64. I think we should make it shorter, in the same style as the > > MinGW/MSYS section. > > I don't have any MinGW64/MSYS2 shares ;-) I just wanted to cover the > aspect that many precompiled binaries of programs are available from > this project. Maybe I put that note somewhere else. It's okay to say that many precompiled binaries are available there, I just don't see a need to affirm that with examples, not in a FAQ.