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From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: lord@emf.net, drobinow@gmail.com,
	"Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>,
	emacs-devel@gnu.org, acm@muc.de, miles@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs vista build failures
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:14:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8563qzdari.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1KKm5i-0006Qa-94@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:29:38 -0400")

Richard M Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>     Something like a portable mini-bash (with more limited
>     capabilities) that runs also on w32 and could be used together
>     with w32 programs would perhaps make this better.
>
> It would be a shame for people that care about free software to spend
> time implementing free software specifically to run on Windows.

It does not get better if time is spent multiply times for porting
efforts.  If the total of window porting efforts can be reduced by
dedicated efforts, that's not the worst thing.

Anyway, the proposal does not seem to encompass just Windows, but pretty
much every platform, free or not.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum




  reply	other threads:[~2008-07-21  6:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 279+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2008-07-11  0:02 ` Emacs vista build failures Eric Hanchrow
2008-07-11 16:49   ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-11 19:05     ` David Robinow
2008-07-11 23:33       ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-12  7:57         ` David Kastrup
2008-07-12 16:35           ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-12 17:21             ` David Kastrup
2008-07-13  9:35               ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-13  9:46                 ` David Kastrup
2008-07-14 11:05                   ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-11 19:17     ` David Robinow
2008-07-11 20:39       ` Miles Bader
2008-07-11 20:45         ` David Robinow
2008-07-11 20:57           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-12 16:35             ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-12 19:46               ` Bastien Guerry
2008-07-12 20:17                 ` David Kastrup
2008-07-12 10:49           ` Bastien Guerry
2008-07-12 16:35           ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-12 20:40             ` David Robinow
2008-07-12 22:47               ` Bastien
2008-07-13 19:10               ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-13 20:44                 ` Claus
     [not found]                   ` <87tzet8c3i.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net>
2008-07-14  8:43                     ` Claus
2008-07-15  3:06                       ` Eric Hanchrow
2008-07-14 17:38                   ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-13 20:46               ` Chong Yidong
2008-07-13 21:46                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-13 21:40                   ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-07-13 22:53                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-13 22:53                       ` David Kastrup
2008-07-13 23:46                         ` Miles Bader
2008-07-14 10:27                       ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-07-14 11:58                         ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-14 17:39                           ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-14 19:33                             ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-15 18:04                           ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-07-15 20:29                             ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-15 21:02                             ` Chong Yidong
2008-07-15 23:42                               ` Thomas Lord
2008-07-16  1:42                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-07-16  1:58                                   ` Miles Bader
2008-07-16  2:43                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2008-07-16  3:01                                       ` Miles Bader
2008-07-16  4:44                                       ` Thomas Lord
2008-07-16  4:43                                   ` Thomas Lord
2008-07-14 10:45                       ` Miles Bader
2008-07-14 12:24                         ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-14 12:20                           ` joakim
2008-07-14 12:32                             ` David Kastrup
2008-07-15 18:04                           ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-07-13 21:48                   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-13 23:26                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-13 23:22                       ` David Kastrup
2008-07-14 20:42                         ` Don Armstrong
2008-07-14 21:05                           ` David Kastrup
2008-07-16 14:36                             ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-07-16 15:20                               ` David Kastrup
2008-07-16 22:04                                 ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-07-16 21:23                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-07-16 22:17                                 ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-07-17  8:31                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-07-14 22:30                           ` Debian's idiosyncratic complexification of Emacs [Was: Emacs vista build failures] Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-14 23:54                             ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-07-15  1:05                               ` Debian's idiosyncratic complexification of Emacs Miles Bader
2008-07-15  7:11                                 ` Geoffrey Teale
2008-07-15  8:12                                   ` Miles Bader
2008-07-15  9:48                                     ` David Kastrup
2008-07-15  5:58                               ` Ralf Angeli
2008-07-15  6:50                                 ` David Kastrup
2008-07-15 18:09                                   ` Ralf Angeli
2008-07-15 21:53                                     ` David Kastrup
2008-07-16 14:22                                   ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-07-16 15:22                                     ` David Kastrup
2008-07-16 20:42                                     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-07-16 22:26                                       ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-07-17  8:46                                         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-07-18  9:08                                         ` Agustin Martin
2008-07-15  1:38                             ` Debian's idiosyncratic complexification of Emacs [Was: Emacs vista build failures] Don Armstrong
2008-07-15  2:20                               ` Debian's idiosyncratic complexification of Emacs Stefan Monnier
2008-07-15  6:43                                 ` Don Armstrong
2008-07-15  6:55                               ` Debian's idiosyncratic complexification of Emacs [Was: Emacs vista build failures] Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-07-15 10:15                               ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-15 10:08                                 ` Debian's idiosyncratic complexification of Emacs David Kastrup
2008-07-16 14:09                                 ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-07-16 16:34                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2008-07-16 19:43                               ` Karl Fogel
2008-07-16 19:59                                 ` Karl Fogel
2008-07-16 21:59                                 ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-07-21 21:26                                   ` Karl Fogel
2008-07-22  4:27                                     ` Miles Bader
2008-07-22 14:21                                       ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-07-23  5:13                                       ` Michael Olson
2008-07-23 19:49                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2008-07-24 17:44                                           ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-07-24 20:20                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2008-07-22 14:22                                     ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-14  1:42                     ` Emacs vista build failures Stefan Monnier
2008-07-14 17:38                     ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-14 17:38                   ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-14 19:56                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-15  8:28                       ` Thomas Lord
2008-07-15  7:54                         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-15  8:52                           ` Thomas Lord
2008-07-15  8:57                         ` David Kastrup
2008-07-15 17:14                           ` Thomas Lord
2008-07-17 22:54                         ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-17 23:48                           ` Miles Bader
2008-07-19 17:06                             ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-20  4:08                               ` Miles Bader
2008-07-20 17:21                                 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-20 20:22                                   ` Johannes Weiner
2008-07-21  3:29                                     ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-21 11:29                                       ` Johannes Weiner
2008-07-21 13:59                                         ` Miles Bader
2008-07-21 17:55                                           ` Johannes Weiner
2008-07-21 18:05                                             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-21 18:37                                               ` Johannes Weiner
2008-07-21 18:49                                                 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-21 19:30                                                   ` Johannes Weiner
2008-07-21 19:36                                                     ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-21 22:54                                                       ` Evans Winner
2008-07-22  6:47                                                         ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22  8:16                                                         ` Jason Rumney
2008-07-22  8:26                                                           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22 13:46                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-22 13:58                                                             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22 14:34                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-22 17:22                                                             ` James Cloos
2008-07-22 17:31                                                               ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22 20:11                                                             ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-07-22 20:19                                                               ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 22:14                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-22 22:23                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-23  6:59                                                                   ` Stephen Leake
2008-07-23  8:20                                                                     ` Jason Rumney
2008-07-23 12:49                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-23  8:45                                                                     ` David Kastrup
2008-07-23  6:35                                                                 ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 20:06                                                           ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-07-22 20:24                                                             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22 20:31                                                               ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 20:45                                                                 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22 20:59                                                                   ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 21:03                                                                     ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22 22:18                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-21 22:47                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-21 23:11                                                   ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 13:13                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-22 13:24                                                       ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 13:51                                                         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22 13:57                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-22 14:34                                                           ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 15:12                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-22 15:21                                                               ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 17:29                                                     ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-21 23:55                                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-07-22  3:41                                                   ` Johannes Weiner
2008-07-22 13:28                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-22 14:04                                                       ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 14:11                                                         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22 14:39                                                           ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 14:47                                                             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22 14:52                                                               ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 15:00                                                                 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22 15:13                                                                   ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 15:18                                                                     ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22 15:20                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-22 15:22                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-22 15:26                                                                       ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 22:11                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-23  6:32                                                                           ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 18:52                                                               ` Sven Joachim
2008-07-22 19:12                                                                 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22 19:33                                                                   ` Sean O'Rourke
2008-07-22 14:42                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-22 14:57                                                           ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22 14:37                                                       ` Johannes Weiner
2008-07-23  2:26                                                     ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-23  3:40                                                       ` Johannes Weiner
2008-07-23  3:45                                                         ` Miles Bader
2008-07-24  2:24                                                         ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-24  3:34                                                           ` Johannes Weiner
2008-07-24  2:44                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2008-07-24  3:29                                                           ` Johannes Weiner
2008-07-22 17:29                                               ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-22 17:35                                                 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22 18:40                                                   ` David Kastrup
2008-07-26 11:06                                                     ` Bastien
2008-07-23 16:56                                                   ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-23 17:42                                                     ` Johannes Weiner
2008-07-24  0:06                                                     ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-24  5:25                                                       ` David Kastrup
2008-07-24 22:04                                                       ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-24 22:26                                                         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-24 23:15                                                           ` Nick Roberts
2008-07-24 23:22                                                             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-26  1:23                                                               ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-26  1:23                                                           ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-24 23:12                                                         ` Óscar Fuentes
2008-07-26  1:23                                                           ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-26  6:23                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-26  6:45                                                             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-26  7:07                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2008-07-25  3:20                                                         ` Miles Bader
2008-07-26  1:24                                                           ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-25 14:18                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-26  1:24                                                           ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-26  6:21                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-24  8:07                                                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-24 10:20                                                       ` David Kastrup
2008-07-24 22:05                                                         ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-25 14:20                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-25 14:51                                                             ` David Kastrup
2008-07-25 15:08                                                               ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-25 15:38                                                                 ` David Kastrup
2008-07-25 15:55                                                                   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-25 16:08                                                                     ` David Kastrup
2008-07-25 16:19                                                                       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-25 15:40                                                                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-25 15:56                                                                   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-26 20:31                                                                 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-26 20:56                                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2008-07-25 19:21                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2008-07-26  6:03                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-26  1:24                                                             ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-26  6:19                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-26  8:03                                                             ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-26  8:50                                                               ` David Kastrup
2008-07-26  9:22                                                                 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-26  9:50                                                                   ` David Kastrup
2008-07-26  9:55                                                                     ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-26 10:15                                                                       ` David Kastrup
2008-07-26 10:32                                                                         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-26 10:29                                                                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-26 11:11                                                                   ` David Kastrup
2008-07-26 12:33                                                                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-26 14:26                                                                       ` David Kastrup
2008-07-26 21:34                                                               ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-26 23:52                                                                 ` Barry Fishman
2008-07-27 17:14                                                                   ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-28  0:05                                                                     ` Barry Fishman
2008-07-28 21:47                                                                       ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-29  1:00                                                                         ` Barry Fishman
2008-07-29  6:21                                                                           ` tomas
2008-07-29 15:21                                                                             ` Barry Fishman
2008-07-30  3:46                                                                               ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-30  3:47                                                                             ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-30  3:47                                                                           ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-25  5:35                                                       ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-22 17:29                                             ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-21 16:48                                         ` Thomas Lord
2008-07-22  2:48                                         ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-21 13:55                                       ` Miles Bader
2008-07-20 20:36                                   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-21  3:29                                     ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-21  6:14                                       ` David Kastrup [this message]
2008-07-21  9:04                                       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22  2:48                                         ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-20  6:35                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-07-20 22:05                                 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-20 22:05                                 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-21  0:43                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-07-21 14:37                                     ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-21 14:51                                       ` David Kastrup
2008-07-22  2:49                                         ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-22 12:46                                           ` David Kastrup
2008-07-23  2:27                                             ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-22  8:02                                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-07-22 16:31                                         ` Thomas Lord
2008-07-18  0:05                           ` Thomas Lord
2008-07-19 17:05                             ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-19 21:34                               ` Thomas Lord
2008-07-23 18:17                               ` Karl Berry
2008-07-23 20:18                                 ` Thomas Lord
2008-07-24  6:19                                   ` Gilaras Drakeson
2008-07-25  5:35                                     ` Richard M Stallman
2008-07-25  7:08                                       ` Thomas Lord
2008-07-21  5:14 christophe

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