Re: Windows snapshot builds

[phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)]

Jostein Kjønigsen <jostein@secure.kjonigsen.net> writes:
> If you keep publishing these, this might be my new way to keep my
> Emacs updated on my Windows-machine!

I plan to, but even if I don't the code is in the repo now and it's
relatively easy to do.


> They -are- very convenient and with an installer like this, I believe
> the basic installation procedure should no longer be a road-block for
> Windows-users to try out Emacs. As such, this is a major milestone.

Yeah, I've watched people try to install Emacs before and the look of
confusion is terrifying to see. Even the fact that the file is called
"-installer.exe" should help significantly.

It's a shame it's slated for Emacs-27. Too late to merge into Emacs-26
now, although I guess it could be back-ported.


> There's still the issue about the lack code-signing, and Windows' GUI
> isn't getting any friendlier about that, but I guess that's a
> technicality we can leave for later, when there are no other issues
> to sort out.

Code-signing is a significant problem. The certificates are not free, I
don't have any need for a personal one and, anyway, it should probably
be done with a certificate from Gnu. AFAICT, though, technologically
it's simple enough.


> Ladies and gentlemen: I believe this man deserves some applause.
> Great work!

I appreciate the compliment. I shall be even happier if it gets lots of
downloads.

Phil