From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Emacs 27.1 Windows Binaries -- testing wanted Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 18:49:03 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87a6z2ds3y.fsf@petton.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26008"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.4.6 To: Emacs Devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 15 19:51:00 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k70KZ-0006cD-SM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 19:50:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46550 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k70KY-0004i1-Tw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 13:50:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50022) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k70JS-0003oD-6U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 13:49:50 -0400 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([78.129.138.110]:49654) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k70JP-0005mY-Js for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 13:49:49 -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: Message-ID:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:To:From:Date:MIME-Version:Sender: Reply-To:Cc: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=RS1yrjWKoHe5yroHP+bxFneV/jbdksO0vXHCxa1a6h8=; b=qvgjhNKATBave29FEkIrQ86cMy Swed5x0dZv4M04OW5hiEZSDaoQfv+4qFssa2df3Q+bC23bgeRj3/b09GC7NPH+ZIB4r/jL+S1//tf 4kW5898VYI2bTmywOuMUe6UO5CcIY+MF375sseMAMunBrInObQJRt9ZxOCuA2QiCfVTy9a7OLGyQ0 NMM66GWElyVfTgJvDzVAgARqF/Cyx+o94QKIq7LYtVrwjGLDrVRb72LPoNyTHFwpmzTE37EjrC+Jl RFnpmFW6su6HTvUWxFPE0fgZ+VZfhERYhSiXleAijNTfk2+EAB1NiAgeS8eKkj9L+tEGjR0L+f6mN 6v0fN6Rw==; Original-Received: from [::1] (port=49534 helo=cloud103.planethippo.com) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1k70Ii-0000v5-3I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 18:49:04 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Sender: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk 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 Received-SPF: none client-ip=78.129.138.110; envelope-from=phillip.lord@russet.org.uk; helo=cloud103.planethippo.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/08/15 13:49:04 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:253809 Archived-At: Just to follow up on this, I have put windows binaries for Emacs 27.1 onto alpha. I am hoping for someone to install and try them before I promote to the main release site. I don't use windows myself and can do no more than cursory "does it launch" testing. If anyone has used them, can you respond to this message! Phil On 2020-08-12 13:01, phillip.lord@russet.org.uk wrote: > Binaries for Windows have been placed on alpha. > > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/windows/emacs-27/ > > Once a few people have confirmed that they are working okay, I will > promote them to main. > > Phil > > > On 2020-08-11 00:00, Nicolas Petton wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Version 27.1 of the Emacs text editor is now available. >> >> For more information on Emacs, see: >> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs >> >> You can retrieve the source from your nearest GNU mirror by using one >> of the following links: >> https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-27.1.tar.xz >> https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-27.1.tar.gz >> >> You can get the PGP signatures at >> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-27.1.tar.xz.sig >> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-27.1.tar.gz.sig >> >> The tarball is signed with the following GPG key, which can be found >> on >> public PGP key servers: >> >> D405AA2C862C54F17EEE6BE0E8BCD7866AFCF978 >> >> To retrieve the key from a PGP key server, evaluate >> >> gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys >> D405AA2C862C54F17EEE6BE0E8BCD7866AFCF978 >> >> You can choose a mirror explicitly from the list at: >> https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html >> >> Mirrors may take some time to update; the main GNU ftp server is at: >> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ >> >> Emacs 27.1 has a wide variety of new features, including: >> >> - Built-in support for arbitrary-size integers >> - Text shaping with HarfBuzz >> - Native support for JSON parsing >> - Better support for Cairo drawing >> - Portable dumping used instead of unexec >> - Support for XDG conventions for init files >> - Additional early-init initialization file >> - Lexical-binding is used by default >> - Built-in support for tab bar and tab-line >> - Support for resizing and rotating of images without ImageMagick >> >> There are many more changes; for a summary see the etc/NEWS file, >> which >> you can view from Emacs with `C-h n'. >> >> For the complete list of changes and the people who made them, see the >> various ChangeLog files in the source distribution. For a summary of >> all the people who have contributed to Emacs, see the etc/AUTHORS >> file. >> >> The online manuals and website will be updated shortly. >> >> Printed copies of the Emacs manual are available for purchase from the >> Free Software Foundation's online store at: >> https://shop.fsf.org/product/emacs-manual/ >> >> Regards, >> Nico