From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)
To: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Windows snapshot builds
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:51:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87muybs2iu.fsf@russet.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <861sfn3cks.fsf@stephe-leake.org> (Stephen Leake's message of "Mon, 09 Apr 2018 23:33:23 -0500")
Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> writes:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>>>> If I could, I would use MSYS2 to manage programs on my work-issued Windows
>>>> PC. I am not sure the admins have experience with GNU/Linux systems in
>>>> particular and UNIX in general, and as such are reluctant to install
>>>> MSYS2.
>>
>> Maybe we could have an emacs-installer package which includes an msys2
>> system from which you can install further tools?
>
> msys2 already has an Emacs package, so it would be better to point this
> out to people. People who would be willing to use mays2 to add packages
> would probably be happier using the msys Emacs package in the first place.
>
> On the other hand, including msys2 in an Emacs installer might be a good
> way to introduce people to msys2. Depends on which is more popular/well
> known.
The installer does, in fact, contain a substantial chunk of msys2 now,
although it perhaps does not advertise the fact, nor was it deliberate.
Phil
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-10 11:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-22 9:50 Windows snapshot builds Phillip Lord
2018-03-27 16:17 ` Jostein Kjønigsen
2018-03-27 16:27 ` Aurélien Aptel
2018-03-27 20:54 ` Phillip Lord
2018-03-27 20:52 ` Phillip Lord
2018-03-27 22:10 ` Rasmus
2018-03-29 11:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-03-29 20:13 ` Phillip Lord
2018-04-02 12:47 ` Rasmus
2018-04-09 13:12 ` Phillip Lord
2018-04-09 13:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-09 21:45 ` Rasmus
2018-04-10 0:09 ` Richard Copley
2018-04-10 11:50 ` Phillip Lord
2018-04-10 22:14 ` Rasmus
2018-04-10 4:33 ` Stephen Leake
2018-04-10 11:51 ` Phillip Lord [this message]
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2018-10-08 15:57 Windows Snapshot Builds Phillip Lord
2018-10-08 16:30 ` Boris Buliga
2018-10-09 11:15 ` Phillip Lord
2018-10-10 11:12 ` Jostein Kjønigsen
[not found] ` <87r2gvnzg4.fsf@russet.org.uk>
2018-10-12 12:04 ` Phillip Lord
2018-10-10 18:14 ` Alan Third
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