Re: Would it be ok to have a link to emacsforosx.com on the emacs homepage?

[Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>]

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Hi Nico,

I think you need to be vary careful about putting that link in as it gives
the impression it is the preferred installation mechanism for emacs under
OSX. If we add that link, then you probably need to also add the homebrew
page and what about macports? Should probably be vary clear that the links
are just links without any recommendations etc.

Personally, I prefer homebrew over emacsforosx.com as it just does a build
from git where emacsforosx.com tries to be a little more 'clever' and can
easily fall into the same pitfalls as many 'canned' emacs configurations -
often OK at first, but then when you try to customize or you run into a
problem, everything becomes troublesome and your not sure where to get
help.

On 9 February 2016 at 04:18, Nicolas Petton <nicolas@petton.fr> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I'm resuming my work on the emacs homepage, and I'm wondering if it'd be
> ok to link to http://emacsforosx.com for the OS X download link?
>
> Nico
> --
> Nicolas Petton
> http://nicolas-petton.fr
>



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regards,

Tim

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Tim Cross

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