From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rasmus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Windows snapshot builds Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:14:14 +0200 Message-ID: <87woxe4sll.fsf@gmx.us> References: <878tako2vn.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87o9j9qif0.fsf@gmx.us> <87muyq4p38.fsf@russet.org.uk> <871sfxg4gt.fsf@gmx.us> <87d0z8ttey.fsf@russet.org.uk> <8737046ol6.fsf@gmx.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1523398351 17465 195.159.176.226 (10 Apr 2018 22:12:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 22:12:31 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Emacs Gnus To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 11 00:12:27 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 1f61V5-0004RY-MB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:12:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50383 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f61XB-0001my-EY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:14:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55257) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f61X1-0001ll-LY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:14:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f61Wy-0004uX-HN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:14:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=41180 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f61Wy-0004sr-AU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:14:24 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f61Up-00046i-B9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:12:11 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 37 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAArCAMAAAAJzfvtAAAAPFBMVEX39/fS1NifoZ9gYFoZ Ghna5O1/p4JUOSup3LWTqeShXDLCajpmcNh3jNxOT59+oeDE8Lpoo2J8xnGIyXCo3RooAAACK0lE QVRIx4VWC7LDIAgU8J+YRL3/XR/YJs9Y09JMp+OwsIsBqtTdAIm0GBGA+mXGOvEkJEvEPx1+9+fQ hGBONCBj/LM7srsZzoLT7jk8zThzFnzw788RL7DhSBN/rfuaoIugLnp2gnDuxp4WhwEAjBjX7oMV 6Zu/cYtbQ0ophNBAVsNQH1Q9AuOyBbWuKQhm3w3ruAtw6hYBl7iqwACVkiQMu7nJGBMqYaTSG8AP Z+l9zFgEiFGvak0MCAIQKaFzYvBdMsbYJLwAfN3JKNj+U7ixyhSZkQCC2tmUaagNL0Zjkd8SEqNU CjuzEiErXTUd3ntwcVuFJDN/iW5fOyd8ERhfR5awbmviKjEpEZEaEU4ZmlaiT0YolTHwuoMQVNqZ WQsw0QxukRO42ii8tIsoNqO0HRgtsa+CMQDi3igGCaNtr9l4YoAZBwMjwvam0lf1sLnwqz1vyfOu uzuHUmu1meYT5eTeibb1KJkxedbccFKhq9kgH744yr4c06GC5yQ542H1uerIOY5phnsqMEeVT87Z zijBf9M1EYClHIf3OdeSyzcJrR/gYL0SvzEqBWYSoOs4cfe18hMj1WmGvi1Ji3/hyJUYUPzxNUEb e75kzyNLPV3z0Peoyb9LEacTeZxLTOrtBnZ6yTQOIuWGyTEKsJ/TWD8uNLDTeU+TKI3+sDl6hIP5 IsMvOw7uU1n5Lzvuf4uaa4v+XLwGzz1Nbb0T/lztjNnaPwHn7LzSf8IxFWG39VlGAAAAAElFTkSu QmCC Cancel-Lock: sha1:30YbUIJFjzUwtDTV7WuPuNzDltc= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 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:224508 Archived-At: Richard Copley writes: > On 9 April 2018 at 22:45, Rasmus wrote: > >> 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? >> >> Now, wouldn’t that be wonderful! >> >> Rasmus > > > You can get that now, by installing MSYS2 then installing > "mingw-w64-x86_64-emacs" using the package manager. > How about if we provide official binaries in the form of MSYS2 packages, > alongside the formats we already provide? I mostly took Stefan’s suggestion as a joke, as bundling MSYS2 with Emacs would be a way to get MSYS2 past pesky Windows system administrators. That was, at least, what I had in mind when I replied. If one has enough "rights" on a Windows PC to install MSYS2 that’s probably the most preferable approach if one ordinarily works on GNU/Linux systems (or so I imagine, I have never actually tried MSYS2). Rasmus -- Tack, ni svenska vakttorn. Med plutonium tvingar vi dansken på knä!