From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk, 26024@debbugs.gnu.org,
Christopher Smith <cmsmith193@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#26024: Help with download...
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 11:32:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkm=aVsB3OUsyjErOGs3BTRco65zydbJL_3RTusv7EtbwKg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9ifuin8298.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Thu, 09 Mar 2017 00:09:39 -0500")
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
> FWIW I think the point here is that "here's the ftp server, you figure
> out which file you need" is now archaic. The new thing is A Big
> Button that you press that defaults to the "right" file for you, and a
> small "other versions" link. See eg firefox.com.
>
> Also, one normally skips to the end to get the latest version, but on
> ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows, "emacs-25.1-2" sorts before "emacs-25.1",
> which doesn't help.
>
> Perhaps MS Windows users are additionally confused to not get an .exe
> file that they Just Click to start installing. There's a 200 line README
> file that explains what to do, but no-one reads the README. :)
It seems like there are some basic instructions in place here now:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/download.html#nonfree
But perhaps the Windows link should simply point to the latest available
zip file, with a link to the FTP server saying "you can find old
versions here". Someone would need to be in charge of updating that
link when a new Windows version is uploaded.
Presumably the best candidate would be Philipp, who is in charge of
releasing Emacs for Windows. So I guess this comes down to what Philipp
thinks about this, and if updating such a link is something he is
willing to take on.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-25 18:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-08 8:40 bug#26024: Help with download Christopher Smith
2017-03-08 12:38 ` Phillip Lord
2017-03-08 21:34 ` Christopher Smith
2017-03-09 3:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-09 5:09 ` Glenn Morris
2017-03-09 6:00 ` Christopher Smith
2017-03-09 14:37 ` Drew Adams
2017-03-09 15:19 ` Phillip Lord
2021-09-25 18:32 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
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