From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: windows installer Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:49:37 +0200 Message-ID: <83bmk9p84u.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87po99qzbn.fsf@russet.org.uk> <1509955878.550800.1162811960.541B525D@webmail.messagingengine.com> <87h8u6bae3.fsf@russet.org.uk> <1510126271.1965593.1165373624.0601E5CF@webmail.messagingengine.com> <8760aijcek.fsf@russet.org.uk>> <83ineiotjr.fsf@gnu.org>> <3f972e79-afcd-4f92-a283-41fad4b687fb@default> <87y3nd3dx4.fsf@russet.org.uk> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1510386586 27946 195.159.176.226 (11 Nov 2017 07:49:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 07:49:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jostein@secure.kjonigsen.net, jostein@kjonigsen.net, drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 11 08:49:41 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 1eDQXs-0006yU-F1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 08:49:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44732 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDQXz-0002Qu-HF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 02:49:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42442) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDQXt-0002Qk-07 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 02:49:41 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDQXp-0005lH-TN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 02:49:41 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:53320) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDQXp-0005lA-PN; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 02:49:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1700 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1eDQXp-0005nN-6N; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 02:49:37 -0500 In-reply-to: <87y3nd3dx4.fsf@russet.org.uk> (phillip.lord@russet.org.uk) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:220052 Archived-At: > From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , jostein@kjonigsen.net, jostein@secure.kjonigsen.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:35:35 +0000 > > I am debating with my installer whether to allow multiple versions or do > the more normal windows things of one version. I suspect the latter is > more sensible because, well, it's the normal windows thing. I agree. For those who want multiple versions, providing an opt-in option of installing into a user-specified directory should suffice.