From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#26455: Emacs Packaging Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:39:13 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1492026009 2067 195.159.176.226 (12 Apr 2017 19:40:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 19:40:09 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) Cc: 26455@debbugs.gnu.org To: Muto Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 12 21:40:05 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cyO7X-0000PJ-JD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 21:40:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45969 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cyO7d-0004L9-Ej for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:40:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47324) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cyO7X-0004L3-Pk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:40:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cyO7W-0002O1-Mw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:40:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46578) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cyO7W-0002Nx-Jf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:40:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cyO7W-0003xW-DU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:40:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 19:40:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 26455 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 26455-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B26455.149202596715167 (code B ref 26455); Wed, 12 Apr 2017 19:40:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 26455) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Apr 2017 19:39:27 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44777 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cyO6x-0003wZ-7J for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:39:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56108) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cyO6w-0003wM-AJ for 26455@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:39:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cyO6q-00027M-7t for 26455@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:39:21 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:49480) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cyO6k-00025n-9X; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:39:14 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cyO6j-0005JL-UP; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:39:13 -0400 X-Spook: Forest fire Secure Border Initiative Airplane CESID X-Ran: g2VG#3^/)/"Ie^(7|q/n1)jIu:qsg[?%A8AntZy\qHJ*2,>X5&)[VVhIf!DF_v4iWle3$, X-Hue: white X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Muto's message of "Wed, 12 Apr 2017 02:02:17 +0200 (CEST)") 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:131516 Archived-At: Muto wrote: > Although technically not a bug, the "Download" section in the Emacs > website is somewhat vague in describing how to install Emacs in > GNU/Linux. Rather than the options "build from source" or "use an > older version", I believe Emacs should ship packaged with a tool such > as > AppImage (http://appimage.org) > Or FlatPak (http://flatpak.org). > This way installation on GNU/Linux systems would be simplified > significantly and on top of that users would have easy access to the > latest version rather than installing from a repository. Staying paranoid as requested: Do these approaches mean that the Emacs developers then become responsible for shipping all the required dependent libraries, monitoring them for security issues, and updating them when needed, rather than relying on the distribution to do that? > --Stay paranoid, and happy hacking! -Muto