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 installer Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 22:46:01 +0000 Message-ID: References: <795606216.288650.1510476987589@mail.libero.it> <83po8nn38p.fsf@gnu.org> <8760adbxw6.fsf@russet.org.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1510661428 27362 195.159.176.226 (14 Nov 2017 12:10:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:10:28 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.90 (gnu/linux) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , Angelo Graziosi , Emacs developers To: Fabrice Popineau Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 14 13:10:21 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 1eEa2i-0006S2-Tr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:10:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59111 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eEa2q-0005hS-0q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 07:10:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48650) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eEa1y-0005hL-Vi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 07:09:31 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eEa1y-0008EP-8H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 07:09:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mailhub-mx1.ncl.ac.uk ([128.240.234.81]:47036) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eEa1u-00089X-MF; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 07:09:26 -0500 Original-Received: (Haraka outbound); Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:09:19 +0000 Authentication-Results: mailhub-mx1.ncl.ac.uk; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=newcastle.ac.uk X-Haraka-RcptSummary: valid=0/0 invalid=0/0 unverified=0/0 relay=4/4 norelay=0/0 X-Haraka-Relay: true Received-SPF: Pass (mailhub-mx1.ncl.ac.uk: domain of newcastle.ac.uk designates 10.3.192.253 as permitted sender) receiver=mailhub-mx1.ncl.ac.uk; identity=mailfrom; client-ip=10.3.192.253; helo=mailhub-ncl2; envelope-from= Original-Received: from mailhub-ncl2 ([10.3.192.253]) by mailhub-mx1.ncl.ac.uk (DefenderMX/2.7.3) with ESMTPS id A4BD61DC-C6BD-4011-B6D1-1B62E61A07C6.1 envelope-from (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 verify=FAIL); Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:09:19 +0000 Original-Received: from smtpauth.ncl.ac.uk ([128.240.234.91]) by mailhub-ncl2 with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eEa1m-0006jW-KO; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:09:18 +0000 Original-Received: from newhuaweiapstaff-10-56-55-2.ncl.ac.uk ([10.56.55.2] helo=localhost) by smtpauth.ncl.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eEa1m-0005y3-JN; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:09:18 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Fabrice Popineau's message of "Sun, 12 Nov 2017 13:39:11 +0100") X-Haraka-Syntax: mail_case=upper mail_leading_spaces=N mail_trailing_spaces=N mail_missing_brackets=N rcpt_case=upper rcpt_leading_spaces=N rcpt_missing_brackets=N rcpt_trailing_spaces=N X-Haraka-HostID: 10.3.192.253 X-Haraka-SenderAuth: 10.3.192.253 newcastle.ac.uk X-Haraka-AccessMap: connect:10 OK X-Haraka-Domain-Info: domain="russet.org.uk" last_update=269 primary_ns="dns5.planethippo.com" serial=2017021810 refresh=3600 retry=7200 expiration=1209600 minimum=86400 flags="NS_SINGLE_IP, MX_IS_NS, MX_SINGLE" domain="newcastle.ac.uk" last_update=1 primary_ns="dns0.ncl.ac.uk" serial=2017111313 refresh=10800 retry=3600 expiration=604800 minimum=3600 flags="SOA_UPDATE_1" X-Haraka-SubjectNonLatin: 0 X-Haraka-NonLatin: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 128.240.234.81 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:220172 Archived-At: Fabrice Popineau writes: > 2017-11-12 12:30 GMT+01:00 Eli Zaretskii : >> I think you are talking about a different sense of "portable" than the >> one used in this thread. "Portable" here means it can be carried on >> an external storage device, and will work when connected to a random >> machine. >> > > No I use it with the same meaning as you do. > My point is that making Emacs compliant with the Windows apps guidelines > requires to store stuff is specific places, to register things into > registry, etc. > Whereas at the moment, none of this is required, hence you can move your > Emacs directory at will. This is why I would like to provide two easy installs. The windows installer that's already there (if imperfectly so) and a PortableApps version, that will be, well, portable. Phil