About "no-deps".

About "no-deps".

[Andrei Korzhyts]

Hello.
I'm using Windows 10 (64).
I'm new to Emacs.
I have never found the answer which package to download emacs-26.2-x86_64
or emacs-26.2-x86_64-no-deps.
Please write about it in the manual. I read the manual, but there is no
information about the difference between these packages.
Thanks.

-- 
*Andrei Korzhyts*

Re: About "no-deps".

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Andrei Korzhyts <andreikorzhyts@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 12:17:15 +0300
> 
> I'm using Windows 10 (64).
> I'm new to Emacs.
> I have never found the answer which package to download emacs-26.2-x86_64
> or emacs-26.2-x86_64-no-deps.
> Please write about it in the manual. I read the manual, but there is no
> information about the difference between these packages.

There's a README file on the sire where you download the binaries, it
should cover this.

Re: About "no-deps".

[Bruno Barbier]

Hi Andrei,

Andrei Korzhyts <andreikorzhyts@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello.
> I'm using Windows 10 (64).
> I'm new to Emacs.
> I have never found the answer which package to download emacs-26.2-x86_64
> or emacs-26.2-x86_64-no-deps.
> Please write about it in the manual. I read the manual, but there is no
> information about the difference between these packages.
> Thanks.

From the manual, you get to the download webpage.

Once you've picked the folder with the version you want, you have a file
called 'README' that explains to you what these files are.

In short, I would just use the simplest one:

    emacs-26.2-x86_64

if not, mostly quoting the README:

    If you do not want these features (if you have them already for
    instance, or you want the smallest possible Emacs), then you may use
    the files emacs-VER-no-deps.zip.


Bruno

>
> -- 
> *Andrei Korzhyts*

Re: About "no-deps".

[Phillip Lord]

Bruno Barbier <brubar.cs@gmail.com> writes:
> Once you've picked the folder with the version you want, you have a file
> called 'README' that explains to you what these files are.
>
> In short, I would just use the simplest one:
>
>     emacs-26.2-x86_64
>
> if not, mostly quoting the README:
>
>     If you do not want these features (if you have them already for
>     instance, or you want the smallest possible Emacs), then you may use
>     the files emacs-VER-no-deps.zip.


I figured most people would go for the shortest one if they didn't know
the difference, so this about covers it!

Re: About "no-deps".

[Bruno Barbier]

Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@russet.org.uk> writes:

> I figured most people would go for the shortest one if they didn't know
> the difference, so this about covers it!

I strongly agree with you; no change needed on the GNU Emacs side, in my opinion.


Thanks for all your good work Phillip, by the way.


Bruno