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 08:03:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <03ec07d5-bdb9-4ffc-afb7-b77f45e2d852@default> References: <87bmjiqwtg.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 1512147415 32607 195.159.176.226 (1 Dec 2017 16:56:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 16:56:55 +0000 (UTC) To: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 01 17:56:50 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 1eKocK-00086b-RB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 17:56:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58742 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKocS-0006SC-6l for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 11:56:56 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43695) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKnmo-0006u7-Lq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 11:03:54 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKnmR-0005gF-46 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 11:03:34 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:39606) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKnmQ-0005cv-62 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 11:03:10 -0500 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id vB1G37n5002142 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 1 Dec 2017 16:03:08 GMT Original-Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id vB1G36ow003706 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 1 Dec 2017 16:03:07 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0010.oracle.com (abhmp0010.oracle.com [141.146.116.16]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id vB1G36PO014254; Fri, 1 Dec 2017 16:03:06 GMT In-Reply-To: <87bmjiqwtg.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: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] 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:220560 Archived-At: > I've uploaded new snapshots for Windows to... > Feedback welcome (including if the installer works). Before I go clicking on such a link: are these "installers" that will try to install Emacs, or are they just passive snapshots in the sense of prebuilt binaries, as in the usual zip files? If they are programs that install Emacs, can I suggest you call them something other than "snapshots"?