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: Emacs binaries for Windows Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:42:23 +0100 Message-ID: <87inuqsb1s.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <86mvk9jj6i.fsf@gmail.com> <83wpjcdd8w.fsf@gnu.org> <86k2fc7m7x.fsf@gmail.com> <83vaywd4vi.fsf@gnu.org> <86zio71luu.fsf@gmail.com> <83bn0ncu0b.fsf@gnu.org> <87k2f9um10.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83d1l0c0rs.fsf@gnu.org> <87lgzn4th3.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83h9abft83.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1472035605 30694 195.159.176.226 (24 Aug 2016 10:46:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 10:46:45 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: arash.esbati@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 24 12:46:42 2016 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 1bcVhf-0007TK-Ix for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 12:46:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50569 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bcVhc-000284-VK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 06:46:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47022) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bcVdp-0007X0-0X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 06:42:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bcVdk-0001HG-3i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 06:42:39 -0400 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([31.216.48.48]:42505) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bcVdd-0001EH-6a; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 06:42:29 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=russet.org.uk; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From; bh=+4JV3t4IucVo8u7BJiu1Me29Ym7BhACvwtkiDGUGuVA=; b=Hjr9/jeK4eavEYK/RHPIJSXSLS /Lxbo3Z9PdB1rfhPPid7Erq71UzHkijOspEYlaZBFbnSGQ0JdW3b04sXz4OJNcKPw7LJW0WYBFGMg h8YKNntQCVNK+Ym6WbVu+JOf9bz19Hml96sRU866vjyWbpIL017PGrQiem0vElczmkE1qzPsxj1er OrWXgeohUeCb+lDtJy3RBcdMWF6pW7Bj62Hh0FGq7tv5IKZ9v9VVxTnoisH0yPdhh4wH4OjvKxWWW 4S80krvtOs/78goJDtXU5x49aHulTf9zHx+pMQbkI7DeZkb0Rvgb8DDZx6fPEyQYX1xwG9utCfDEz /S2nbaaA==; Original-Received: from janus-nat-128-240-225-60.ncl.ac.uk ([128.240.225.60]:35606 helo=russet.org.uk) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.86_1) (envelope-from ) id 1bcVdb-002UDO-RA; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:42:27 +0100 In-Reply-To: <83h9abft83.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:35:56 +0300") 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 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 31.216.48.48 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:206779 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) >> Cc: arash.esbati@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org >> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:26:00 +0100 >> >> >> emacs-*-bin.tar.gz -- as is now (with libnoX4) >> >> emacs-*-libraries.tar.gz -- with binaries for libraries >> >> emacs-*-libraries.sources.tar.gz -- with sources for the libraries >> > >> > No, I meant each library in a separate archive. Again, that's just my >> > opinion, something I do all the time on the ezwinports site. >> >> Would that not be a pain to install? You have to unpack them all >> separately? Irritating from the desktop. > > Not sure why this would be a pain. Unpacking .tar.gz files is already > a pain on Windows (which is why ezwinports uses only *.zip files, > which can be unpacked with the Windows Explorer). But once that > obstacle has been negotiated, why does it matter whether one needs to > unpack one file or a dozen? Ah, yes, sorry would intend to distribute as a zip, not a tgz. Phil