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, 27 Mar 2018 21:52:22 +0100 Message-ID: <87r2o5gs1l.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <878tako2vn.fsf@russet.org.uk> <1522167476.1298329.1317868904.779AEDB7@webmail.messagingengine.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1522183883 12354 195.159.176.226 (27 Mar 2018 20:51:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:51:23 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.91 (gnu/linux) Cc: jostein@kjonigsen.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jostein =?utf-8?Q?Kj=C3=B8nigsen?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 27 22:51:19 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 1f0vYp-00033y-5Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:51:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36043 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0vas-0003om-Iu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:53:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60653) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0vag-0003o4-PK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:53:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0vad-0006EG-Oq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:53:10 -0400 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([78.129.138.110]:33453) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0vad-0005uF-FL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:53:07 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=russet.org.uk; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender :Reply-To: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=yZBFLceDcrYRZEGMzr+I0cb3JqvctGVyWSdg3o1eMvA=; b=jeCT0zxm2xqabiUysBNBACcsfE 6bG1hG3eX21iIN9KxC0vI+gMZ7Zem7c6iVW/5isfgHyuAr6jq8PbYhUNldlbkQvCSwH7fyMAMK7qQ LHeWxGjQfDriAQQ/wTQ96FtmCBM2uEU/bebqauSusl2RA5NVBZ2MMQQjh01WtkrC+OXuaxCAuBONn p7UN15kN82oyCuhfog9iVvwnPfj8Rb8A7ZeykMVp9AVKgQ9kofTCGTbiC+QDzzVEcxys9l3QEWCR9 OO6JLpZoPiFZGcTE1fN8gogj+r41oOl4+mOn5P8ZD6xtJJm7em2i4O5R2CtXe5QAUHPl4qxGTJ7b9 4hlLAHSA==; Original-Received: from cpc142652-benw12-2-0-cust953.16-2.cable.virginm.net ([82.21.43.186]:47820 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 1f0vZv-002BYW-RL; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:52:23 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1522167476.1298329.1317868904.779AEDB7@webmail.messagingengine.com> ("Jostein =?utf-8?Q?Kj=C3=B8nigsen=22's?= message of "Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:17:56 +0200") 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:224108 Archived-At: Jostein Kj=C3=B8nigsen 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