From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Windows Snapshots Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 10:20:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <977a243b-b55d-46d2-bc59-65af975f28d1@default> References: <87bmjiqwtg.fsf@russet.org.uk> <03ec07d5-bdb9-4ffc-afb7-b77f45e2d852@default> <87efoel4cf.fsf@russet.org.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1512157900 24955 195.159.176.226 (1 Dec 2017 19:51:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 19:51:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 01 20:51:36 2017 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 1eKrLT-0006DQ-Tw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 20:51:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60338 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKrLb-0000zO-2A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:51:43 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41861) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKpvn-0000Y4-S6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 13:21:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKpvj-0005T4-M5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 13:20:59 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:40843) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKpvj-0005SR-CB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 13:20:55 -0500 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id vB1IKqT0026917 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 1 Dec 2017 18:20:53 GMT Original-Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id vB1IKpkl030679 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 1 Dec 2017 18:20:52 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0006.oracle.com (abhmp0006.oracle.com [141.146.116.12]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id vB1IKogx027316; Fri, 1 Dec 2017 18:20:50 GMT In-Reply-To: <87efoel4cf.fsf@russet.org.uk> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.4615.0 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 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:220581 Archived-At: > The files with "installer" in the name are installers. > The files with "zip" in the name are zip files. OK; clear enough. > > If they are programs that install Emacs, can I suggest > > you call them something other than "snapshots"? >=20 > Fred? Installer program? emacs-setup.exe? > They are all Emacs-27 snapshot code. Dunno what "Emacs-27 snapshot code" means. A snapshot is typicaly something passive: one frame from a time stream. Presumably you wanted to communicate that they each install Emacs reflecting the source code at a given moment in time. But that's clear anyway from the dates. Anyway, it was just a suggestion, to help avoid confusion. Call them freds, if you like.