From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs binaries for Windows Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 18:58:12 +0300 Message-ID: <83bn0ncu0b.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86mvk9jj6i.fsf@gmail.com> <83wpjcdd8w.fsf@gnu.org> <86k2fc7m7x.fsf@gmail.com> <83vaywd4vi.fsf@gnu.org> <86zio71luu.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1471708749 26748 195.159.176.226 (20 Aug 2016 15:59:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 15:59:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Arash Esbati Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 20 17:59:05 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1bb8fp-0006h5-7K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:59:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33556 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bb8fm-0004pW-E9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 11:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46076) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bb8fc-0004lj-OP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 11:58:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bb8fY-0002ad-MA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 11:58:51 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:34506) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bb8ep-0002QH-OM; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 11:58:03 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1750 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bb8eo-0004Km-Q5; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 11:58:03 -0400 In-reply-to: <86zio71luu.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Arash Esbati on Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:49:45 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:206703 Archived-At: > From: Arash Esbati > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, phillip.lord@russet.org.uk > Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:49:45 +0200 > > > Once again, the only practical way of complying with GPL is to provide > > the source archive from the same server as the binaries. (The GPL > > doesn't request that literally, but I know of no other scheme that > > really works.) > > I see your point, and I'm seeking for a way to store library sources > next to Emacs binaries on the same server. I think we already have a > solution: the library sources can be packaged the way I have described; > if Phil agrees to go this route as well, he could package the sources > and upload them with the next RC which can be distributed with the > necessary DLLs. Thanks. FWIW, I think it's better to have the DLLs and their sources available in separate archives, not in a single large one, because some users may wish to install only part of the libraries. But that's me.