From: Corwin Brust <corwin@bru.st>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,
55082@debbugs.gnu.org, Matthew James Kraai <kraai@ftbfs.org>
Subject: bug#55082: emacs-28.1-installer.exe not signed by Phillip Lord
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 01:31:58 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJf-WoQjA5jBABauqZ3XnEJ9YgoU+gYZVCDNRkX9PYbd-YoKZQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJf-WoQLdjgARRgznZdjTExnd2-d3--_tuSw2JcOLfnhmTRZ6w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 1:22 AM Corwin Brust <corwin@bru.st> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 1:16 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> > It might be shorter, but it says nothing about the zip file, and IMO
> > this is important, especially for people who are uneasy running
> > executables downloaded from Web sites, or running installers in
> > general. (It is okay, IMO, to mention the installer version first and
> > the zip version second, though.)
>
> Thanks for these very helpful comments; I'll work up a new patch.
A next patch attempt is quoted below and included as an attachment.
--- download.html.orig 2022-04-23 15:19:55.160069600 -0500
+++ download.html 2022-04-24 01:29:10.486570000 -0500
@@ -145,9 +145,11 @@
GNU mirror</a>; or the <a
href="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/">main
GNU FTP server</a>.
<br/>
- Unzip the zip file preserving the directory
structure, and run
- <code>bin\runemacs.exe</code>. Alternatively,
create a desktop shortcut to
- <code>bin\runemacs.exe</code>, and start Emacs
by double-clicking on that
+ Mostly simply, download and run the
emacs-<code>version</code>-installer.exe
+ which will install Emacs and create shortcuts
for you. Alternately, download
+ emacs-<code>version</code>.zip then unzip,
preserving the directory structure.
+ You can then run <code>bin\runemacs.exe</code>
or create a desktop shortcut to
+ <code>bin\runemacs.exe</code> and start Emacs
by double-clicking on that
shortcut's icon.
</p>
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--- download.html.orig 2022-04-23 15:19:55.160069600 -0500
+++ download.html 2022-04-24 01:29:10.486570000 -0500
@@ -145,9 +145,11 @@
GNU mirror</a>; or the <a href="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/">main
GNU FTP server</a>.
<br/>
- Unzip the zip file preserving the directory structure, and run
- <code>bin\runemacs.exe</code>. Alternatively, create a desktop shortcut to
- <code>bin\runemacs.exe</code>, and start Emacs by double-clicking on that
+ Mostly simply, download and run the emacs-<code>version</code>-installer.exe
+ which will install Emacs and create shortcuts for you. Alternately, download
+ emacs-<code>version</code>.zip then unzip, preserving the directory structure.
+ You can then run <code>bin\runemacs.exe</code> or create a desktop shortcut to
+ <code>bin\runemacs.exe</code> and start Emacs by double-clicking on that
shortcut's icon.
</p>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-24 6:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-23 16:26 bug#55082: emacs-28.1-installer.exe not signed by Phillip Lord Matthew James Kraai
2022-04-23 18:30 ` Corwin Brust
2022-04-23 18:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-23 18:51 ` Corwin Brust
2022-04-23 19:55 ` Corwin Brust
2022-04-23 20:06 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-23 20:34 ` Corwin Brust
2022-04-24 5:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-04-24 5:43 ` Corwin Brust
2022-04-24 6:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-04-24 6:22 ` Corwin Brust
2022-04-24 6:31 ` Corwin Brust [this message]
2022-04-24 11:18 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-24 15:29 ` Corwin Brust
2022-04-24 23:56 ` Matthew James Kraai
2022-04-23 19:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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