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.devel Subject: Re: Emacs 27.1 Windows Binaries -- testing wanted Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 20:05:52 +0300 Message-ID: <83sgcjevf3.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83pn7oft7r.fsf@gnu.org> <5fd1bc533b4bfe603d106fb3ee816208@russet.org.uk> <83364keznu.fsf@gnu.org> <87imdgrlpq.fsf@telefonica.net> <83tuwzewxa.fsf@gnu.org> <87eeo3sxw0.fsf@telefonica.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="659"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar?= Fuentes Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 18 19:06:37 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1k854G-00005O-K1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 19:06:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41622 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k854F-00054W-Lz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:06:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54002) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k853m-0004dd-Ki for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:06:06 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:56027) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k853l-0002V3-Np; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:06:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1986 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1k853k-0003e9-HR; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:06:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87eeo3sxw0.fsf@telefonica.net> (message from =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar?= Fuentes on Tue, 18 Aug 2020 18:48:47 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:253962 Archived-At: > From: Óscar Fuentes > Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 18:48:47 +0200 > > >> A function that checks and shows the availability of every possible > >> optional feature would be handy. > > > > Many of them already have such a function. Some need alternative > > testing methods. > > Yes, but I'm talking about a unique function that displays the > availability of all optional features, so the user can see at a glance > what is available (and what is missing) on his install. You are talking about a w32-specific feature, yes? Because on Posix hosts compiled-in optional libraries aren't loaded at run time, and are thus always available. So I think it's unlikely we will have such a feature.