* Emacs pretest 25.0.90
@ 2016-01-30 15:42 Nicolas Petton
2016-01-30 16:05 ` Rostislav Svoboda
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From: Nicolas Petton @ 2016-01-30 15:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
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Hi!
The first pretest for what will be the 25.1 release of Emacs
(the extensible text editor) is available at
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/emacs-25.0.90.tar.xz
You can get the PGP signature at
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/emacs-25.0.90.tar.xz.sig
Please give it as much testing as you can.
As always, if you encounter problems building or using Emacs,
send a report to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org with full details
(if possible, use M-x report-emacs-bug).
Thanks for helping to test Emacs.
Note: My PGP key is still missing from the GNU keychain, so you will
have to get it from another server[1] to verify the tarball. This is a
known issue, and we are waiting for the GNU sysadmins to fix the
problem.
[1] http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?search=nicolas+petton&op=index
Nico
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2016-01-30 15:42 Emacs pretest 25.0.90 Nicolas Petton
@ 2016-01-30 16:05 ` Rostislav Svoboda
2016-01-30 16:12 ` Nicolas Petton
2016-01-30 16:09 ` [emacs-announce] " Eli Zaretskii
` (2 subsequent siblings)
3 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Rostislav Svoboda @ 2016-01-30 16:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nicolas Petton; +Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Development
Your tarball is based on which commit???
I don't see any relevant tag in the git repo...
Bost
2016-01-30 16:42 GMT+01:00 Nicolas Petton <nicolas@petton.fr>:
> Hi!
>
> The first pretest for what will be the 25.1 release of Emacs
> (the extensible text editor) is available at
>
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/emacs-25.0.90.tar.xz
>
> You can get the PGP signature at
>
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/emacs-25.0.90.tar.xz.sig
>
> Please give it as much testing as you can.
>
> As always, if you encounter problems building or using Emacs,
> send a report to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org with full details
> (if possible, use M-x report-emacs-bug).
>
> Thanks for helping to test Emacs.
>
> Note: My PGP key is still missing from the GNU keychain, so you will
> have to get it from another server[1] to verify the tarball. This is a
> known issue, and we are waiting for the GNU sysadmins to fix the
> problem.
>
> [1] http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?search=nicolas+petton&op=index
>
> Nico
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2016-01-30 15:42 Emacs pretest 25.0.90 Nicolas Petton
2016-01-30 16:05 ` Rostislav Svoboda
@ 2016-01-30 16:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-01-30 20:03 ` Glenn Morris
2016-01-30 17:40 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-30 22:03 ` Ulrich Mueller
3 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2016-01-30 16:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nicolas Petton; +Cc: emacs-devel
(Resending with "emacs-announce" in Subject.)
Hi!
The first pretest for what will be the 25.1 release of Emacs
(the extensible text editor) is available at
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/emacs-25.0.90.tar.xz
You can get the PGP signature at
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/emacs-25.0.90.tar.xz.sig
Please give it as much testing as you can.
As always, if you encounter problems building or using Emacs,
send a report to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org with full details
(if possible, use M-x report-emacs-bug).
Thanks for helping to test Emacs.
Note: The PGP key is still missing from the GNU keychain, so you will
have to get it from another server[1] to verify the tarball. This is a
known issue, and we are waiting for the GNU sysadmins to fix the
problem.
[1] http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?search=nicolas+petton&op=index
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* RE: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-30 15:42 Emacs pretest 25.0.90 Nicolas Petton
2016-01-30 16:05 ` Rostislav Svoboda
2016-01-30 16:09 ` [emacs-announce] " Eli Zaretskii
@ 2016-01-30 17:40 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-30 18:16 ` Nicolas Petton
2016-01-30 22:03 ` Ulrich Mueller
3 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2016-01-30 17:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nicolas Petton, emacs-devel
> The first pretest for what will be the 25.1 release of Emacs
> (the extensible text editor) is available at
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/emacs-25.0.90.tar.xz
MS Windows binary at an HTTP address, please?
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* RE: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-30 17:40 ` Drew Adams
@ 2016-01-30 18:16 ` Nicolas Petton
2016-01-30 19:56 ` Drew Adams
0 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Nicolas Petton @ 2016-01-30 18:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams, emacs-devel
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Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> The first pretest for what will be the 25.1 release of Emacs
>> (the extensible text editor) is available at
>> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/emacs-25.0.90.tar.xz
>
> MS Windows binary at an HTTP address, please?
Hi Drew,
I won't be providing MS Windows binaries for the pretests, sorry.
http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/windows/README
However, if you want to build it on Windows, I'll be really happy to
upload them at http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/windows
Cheers,
Nico
--
Nicolas Petton
http://nicolas-petton.fr
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* RE: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-30 18:16 ` Nicolas Petton
@ 2016-01-30 19:56 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-30 21:50 ` Nicolas Petton
0 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2016-01-30 19:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nicolas Petton, emacs-devel
> > MS Windows binary at an HTTP address, please?
>
> I won't be providing MS Windows binaries for the pretests, sorry.
Whoever builds it, you or someone else, GNU Emacs should
provide it, as it has in the past. If not, fewer testers
(I, for one). That's all.
> http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/windows/README
Too bad. Poor Emacs.
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* RE: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-30 19:56 ` Drew Adams
@ 2016-01-30 21:50 ` Nicolas Petton
2016-01-30 22:00 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-31 9:33 ` Tom
0 siblings, 2 replies; 34+ messages in thread
From: Nicolas Petton @ 2016-01-30 21:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams, emacs-devel
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Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> > MS Windows binary at an HTTP address, please?
>>
>> I won't be providing MS Windows binaries for the pretests, sorry.
>
> Whoever builds it, you or someone else, GNU Emacs should
> provide it, as it has in the past. If not, fewer testers
> (I, for one). That's all.
I understand, but I don't have a Windows machine at hand. Would you, or
someone else, would like to do the build?
Nico
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* RE: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-30 21:50 ` Nicolas Petton
@ 2016-01-30 22:00 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-31 9:33 ` Tom
1 sibling, 0 replies; 34+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2016-01-30 22:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nicolas Petton, emacs-devel
> >> > MS Windows binary at an HTTP address, please?
> >>
> >> I won't be providing MS Windows binaries for the pretests, sorry.
> >
> > Whoever builds it, you or someone else, GNU Emacs should
> > provide it, as it has in the past. If not, fewer testers
> > (I, for one). That's all.
>
> I understand, but I don't have a Windows machine at hand. Would you, or
> someone else, would like to do the build?
I hope Someone (TM) will.
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* Re: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-30 21:50 ` Nicolas Petton
2016-01-30 22:00 ` Drew Adams
@ 2016-01-31 9:33 ` Tom
2016-01-31 16:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
1 sibling, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Tom @ 2016-01-31 9:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr> writes:
>
> I understand, but I don't have a Windows machine at hand. Would you, or
> someone else, would like to do the build?
>
Isn't cross compilation an option?
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* Re: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-31 9:33 ` Tom
@ 2016-01-31 16:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 0 replies; 34+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2016-01-31 16:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tom; +Cc: emacs-devel
> From: Tom <adatgyujto@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 09:33:07 +0000 (UTC)
>
> Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr> writes:
> >
> > I understand, but I don't have a Windows machine at hand. Would you, or
> > someone else, would like to do the build?
> >
>
> Isn't cross compilation an option?
No, Emacs doesn't support cross compilation (because building Emacs
needs to run temacs on the target platform).
Besides, doing that still requires a volunteer: to install the
necessary cross-development tools, build the binaries, answer
questions about problems, convert backtraces into line numbers, etc.
Volunteers are still welcome, TIA.
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* Re: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-30 15:42 Emacs pretest 25.0.90 Nicolas Petton
` (2 preceding siblings ...)
2016-01-30 17:40 ` Drew Adams
@ 2016-01-30 22:03 ` Ulrich Mueller
2016-01-31 3:08 ` Kaushal Modi
3 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Ulrich Mueller @ 2016-01-30 22:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nicolas Petton; +Cc: emacs-devel
>>>>> On Sat, 30 Jan 2016, Nicolas Petton wrote:
> The first pretest for what will be the 25.1 release of Emacs
> (the extensible text editor) is available at
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/emacs-25.0.90.tar.xz
Was the CONTRIBUTE file omitted from the tarball on purpose?
Ulrich
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2016-01-30 22:03 ` Ulrich Mueller
@ 2016-01-31 3:08 ` Kaushal Modi
2016-01-31 16:26 ` Drew Adams
0 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Kaushal Modi @ 2016-01-31 3:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nicolas Petton, Drew Adams; +Cc: Emacs developers
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I haven't tried it but I see that the pretest for Windows 64-bit build is
available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/emacsbinw64/
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* RE: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-31 3:08 ` Kaushal Modi
@ 2016-01-31 16:26 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-31 16:37 ` Kaushal Modi
2016-01-31 16:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 2 replies; 34+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2016-01-31 16:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kaushal Modi, Nicolas Petton; +Cc: Emacs developers
> I haven't tried it but I see that the pretest for Windows 64-bit
> build is available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/emacsbinw64/
Is there a way to download it without accepting that
"FREE UnzipApp™ Chrome New Tab"? I don't see one.
I want to download Emacs. I don't want to install other
("FREE" but non-free, and unrelated) products.
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2016-01-31 16:26 ` Drew Adams
@ 2016-01-31 16:37 ` Kaushal Modi
2016-01-31 16:51 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-31 16:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
1 sibling, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Kaushal Modi @ 2016-01-31 16:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: Nicolas Petton, Emacs developers
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Odd, I don't get anything like that. Or may be that's because I have the
Adblock installed on my Chrome browser.
If you like, here's a download link to the same tar.gz from my Dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ueirberdz8eruqg/emacs-bin-w64-25.0.90.7z?dl=0
--
Kaushal Modi
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* Re: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-31 16:26 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-31 16:37 ` Kaushal Modi
@ 2016-01-31 16:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-01-31 17:15 ` Drew Adams
1 sibling, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2016-01-31 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: nicolas, emacs-devel, kaushal.modi
> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 08:26:35 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
>
> > I haven't tried it but I see that the pretest for Windows 64-bit
> > build is available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/emacsbinw64/
>
> Is there a way to download it without accepting that
> "FREE UnzipApp™ Chrome New Tab"? I don't see one.
What exactly did you try? Downloading stuff from sourceforge doesn't
require any acceptance of any add-ons. I just tried and didn't get
anything like that. It just asks where to put the file.
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* RE: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-31 16:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2016-01-31 17:15 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-31 17:25 ` Kaushal Modi
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From: Drew Adams @ 2016-01-31 17:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: nicolas, emacs-devel, kaushal.modi
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> > > I haven't tried it but I see that the pretest for Windows 64-bit
> > > build is available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/emacsbinw64/
> >
> > Is there a way to download it without accepting that
> > "FREE UnzipApp™ Chrome New Tab"? I don't see one.
>
> What exactly did you try? Downloading stuff from sourceforge doesn't
> require any acceptance of any add-ons. I just tried and didn't get
> anything like that. It just asks where to put the file.
I simply clicked that URL, then I clicked the large, green
Download button. (I didn't see any other download link or
button.)
After doing that, I got what seemed like a full-page, opt-in for
"FREE UnzipApp (TM) Chrome New Tab and UnzipApp (TM) Supporting
Application" (see attached screenshot). I saw no way to delete
or bypass that opt-in (for which I have no need), to just download
the pretest.
Perhaps you will tell me that I was mistaken in my interpretation
of this solicitation, with its "Please read carefully" fine print,
"Download the Chrome New Tab", and "Install the FREE supporting
application".
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2016-01-31 17:15 ` Drew Adams
@ 2016-01-31 17:25 ` Kaushal Modi
2016-01-31 17:49 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-01-31 18:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-01-31 18:37 ` Óscar Fuentes
2 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Kaushal Modi @ 2016-01-31 17:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: Nicolas Petton, Eli Zaretskii, Emacs developers
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> After doing that, I got what seemed like a full-page, opt-in for "FREE
UnzipApp (TM) Chrome New Tab and UnzipApp (TM) Supporting Application"
I do not get that.
It's strange that clicking the sourceforge link takes you directly to
free.unzipapp.com. See if installing the Adblock Plus extension on Chrome
fixes this problem. If it doesn't get fixed, then I suspect that that
forced redirection is due to some sort of malware on your PC.
--
Kaushal Modi
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* Re: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-31 17:25 ` Kaushal Modi
@ 2016-01-31 17:49 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-01-31 18:36 ` Drew Adams
0 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Michael Heerdegen @ 2016-01-31 17:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> writes:
> > After doing that, I got what seemed like a full-page, opt-in for
> > "FREE UnzipApp (TM)
> Chrome New Tab and UnzipApp (TM) Supporting Application"
>
>
> I do not get that.
>
> It's strange that clicking the sourceforge link takes you directly to
> free.unzipapp.com. See if installing the Adblock Plus extension on
> Chrome fixes this problem. If it doesn't get fixed, then I suspect
> that that forced redirection is due to some sort of malware on your
> PC.
You may want to $internet-search for "sourceforge malware".
Michael.
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* RE: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-31 17:49 ` Michael Heerdegen
@ 2016-01-31 18:36 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-31 19:06 ` Michael Heerdegen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2016-01-31 18:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Heerdegen, emacs-devel
> > > After doing that, I got what seemed like a full-page, opt-in for
> > > "FREE UnzipApp (TM)
> > > Chrome New Tab and UnzipApp (TM) Supporting Application"
> >
> > I do not get that.
> >
> > It's strange that clicking the sourceforge link takes you directly to
> > free.unzipapp.com. See if installing the Adblock Plus extension on
> > Chrome fixes this problem. If it doesn't get fixed, then I suspect
> > that that forced redirection is due to some sort of malware on your
> > PC.
No, I'm pretty sure that my laptop has no malware on it.
However, if I had clicked to accept this crap (in order to get
the Emacs pretest download), then I might well have gotten
infected with malware. ;-)
It is a shame that GNU Emacs no longer distributes an MS Windows
pretest binary. I understand that there is a shortage of volunteer
resources, but it is a shame nonetheless.
> You may want to $internet-search for "sourceforge malware".
Indeed.
FWIW, I am not getting that blocking advertisement right now, when
I use http://sourceforge.net/projects/emacsbinw64/ and I click the
green button
http://sourceforge.net/projects/emacsbinw64/files/latest/download.
Perhaps something was changed in the last hour or two? Or perhaps
it is served up randomly? Dunno.
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* Re: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-31 17:15 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-31 17:25 ` Kaushal Modi
@ 2016-01-31 18:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-01-31 18:39 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-31 18:37 ` Óscar Fuentes
2 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2016-01-31 18:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: nicolas, emacs-devel, kaushal.modi
> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 09:15:44 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: kaushal.modi@gmail.com, nicolas@petton.fr, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> > > > I haven't tried it but I see that the pretest for Windows 64-bit
> > > > build is available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/emacsbinw64/
> > >
> > > Is there a way to download it without accepting that
> > > "FREE UnzipApp™ Chrome New Tab"? I don't see one.
> >
> > What exactly did you try? Downloading stuff from sourceforge doesn't
> > require any acceptance of any add-ons. I just tried and didn't get
> > anything like that. It just asks where to put the file.
>
> I simply clicked that URL, then I clicked the large, green
> Download button. (I didn't see any other download link or
> button.)
Click on "Files", then "pretest", then on the archive you want to
download. That's it.
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* RE: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-31 18:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2016-01-31 18:39 ` Drew Adams
0 siblings, 0 replies; 34+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2016-01-31 18:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: nicolas, emacs-devel, kaushal.modi
> > I simply clicked that URL, then I clicked the large, green
> > Download button. (I didn't see any other download link or
> > button.)
>
> Click on "Files", then "pretest", then on the archive you want to
> download. That's it.
See my previous reply. You are not seeing what I saw. And
neither am I, at the moment.
---
BTW/FWIW: With that pretest build, I got a crash within about
3 minutes of use, and I filed a bug with the emacs_backtrace.txt
file. As you noted in that bug thread (#22502),
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=22502, that build
is apparently not very useful for a pretest (it was presumably
not designed for the pretest).
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* Re: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-31 17:15 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-31 17:25 ` Kaushal Modi
2016-01-31 18:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2016-01-31 18:37 ` Óscar Fuentes
2016-01-31 18:47 ` Drew Adams
2 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Óscar Fuentes @ 2016-01-31 18:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> > Is there a way to download it without accepting that
>> > "FREE UnzipApp™ Chrome New Tab"? I don't see one.
>>
>> What exactly did you try? Downloading stuff from sourceforge doesn't
>> require any acceptance of any add-ons. I just tried and didn't get
>> anything like that. It just asks where to put the file.
>
> I simply clicked that URL, then I clicked the large, green
> Download button. (I didn't see any other download link or
> button.)
You are the victim of a common scam. You go to a page for downloading
something and you expect to see a "Download" button. The scammer rents
and add on that page and the add consists on a prominent "Download"
image that is linked to the scammer's product (or malware).
The real "Download" button or link is elsewhere on that page. In fact,
on Sourceforge the download will start after a few seconds without you
pressing anything, but you shouldn't need to know that.
On an add-based download site (or any download site, actually), always
check the hyperlink before clicking. If the hyperlink doesn't look sane
to you, don't click.
Yes, it sucks.
[snip]
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* RE: Emacs pretest 25.0.90
2016-01-31 18:37 ` Óscar Fuentes
@ 2016-01-31 18:47 ` Drew Adams
2016-02-05 16:02 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
0 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2016-01-31 18:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Óscar Fuentes, emacs-devel
> >> > Is there a way to download it without accepting that
> >> > "FREE UnzipApp™ Chrome New Tab"? I don't see one.
> >>
> >> What exactly did you try? Downloading stuff from sourceforge doesn't
> >> require any acceptance of any add-ons. I just tried and didn't get
> >> anything like that. It just asks where to put the file.
> >
> > I simply clicked that URL, then I clicked the large, green
> > Download button. (I didn't see any other download link or
> > button.)
>
> You are the victim of a common scam. You go to a page for downloading
> something and you expect to see a "Download" button. The scammer rents
> and add on that page and the add consists on a prominent "Download"
> image that is linked to the scammer's product (or malware).
Yes.
> The real "Download" button or link is elsewhere on that page. In fact,
> on Sourceforge the download will start after a few seconds without you
> pressing anything, but you shouldn't need to know that.
No, I don't think so. Believe me, I searched quite a while for any
such real download button or link (as I said in a previous mail).
I saw none such. I found no other way to do anything at that point
but to abandon.
Note that what I see at the original URL now is not what I saw before.
There is now a small ad and a green button for the spam product, but
there are also clearly other, legitimate ways to download the pretest
(including a legitimate small green SourceForge button).
I don't have a screenshot of the original page, to show you that there
was no alternative, but I was able to at least send a screenshot of the
second page shown (after clicking the green button on the first, which
had no alternative for downloading).
> On an add-based download site (or any download site, actually), always
> check the hyperlink before clicking. If the hyperlink doesn't look sane
> to you, don't click.
Agreed.
> Yes, it sucks.
Agreed.
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