From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Windows snapshot builds Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:51:21 +0100 Message-ID: <87muybs2iu.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <878tako2vn.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87o9j9qif0.fsf@gmx.us> <87muyq4p38.fsf@russet.org.uk> <871sfxg4gt.fsf@gmx.us> <87d0z8ttey.fsf@russet.org.uk> <861sfn3cks.fsf@stephe-leake.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1523360987 24829 195.159.176.226 (10 Apr 2018 11:49:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:49:47 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.91 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel To: Stephen Leake Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 10 13:49:43 2018 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 1f5rmQ-0006DC-AC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:49:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38662 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f5roP-0007kL-9Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 07:51:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42878) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f5ro4-0007e1-EK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 07:51:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f5ro3-0000Wa-DO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 07:51:24 -0400 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([78.129.138.110]:37492) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f5ro3-0000W4-7S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 07:51:23 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=russet.org.uk; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=C9xhMPC0sIHNVTGgnQYH30OrdRxUYMrMVAbvatCmr98=; b=TjoBQ0Sl+mfIIe5Fn/7R+Kwjk aCzteRHDeTt5aQ26L9KsLe8Ry1i6GFd03FNwuxQSWRlmFrZT75qnKU4syhMCqie8H4Ju1Lh1tehKW EmYZCbBT72rAPVzMgkK2JWgnIPyu2E/LfFqBJMbOlacZbhS1SIjbf5wh00RRtudM+SRWJcWRsHrt7 HxMAnPkTGRLb4hFjII+SOdvrR0PevcfObPxL6jgihhr3mF11nsOpV1O3+BfmW/KHIa0utBamdBwTm 96Fx4trSucBdsOIAfd9ysb6avMsdZ32PHtij/fypPgJfrk+NMNl+OKJmK9a80V7E6VuJnlATid8LF igsCb6a1Q==; Original-Received: from cpc142652-benw12-2-0-cust953.16-2.cable.virginm.net ([82.21.43.186]:57652 helo=russet.org.uk) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.89_1) (envelope-from ) id 1f5ro1-001Kfh-OX; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:51:21 +0000 In-Reply-To: <861sfn3cks.fsf@stephe-leake.org> (Stephen Leake's message of "Mon, 09 Apr 2018 23:33:23 -0500") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cloud103.planethippo.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - russet.org.uk X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cloud103.planethippo.com: authenticated_id: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Authenticated-Sender: cloud103.planethippo.com: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 78.129.138.110 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:224497 Archived-At: Stephen Leake writes: > Stefan Monnier 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