From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Arash Esbati <arash.esbati@gmail.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs binaries for Windows
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 11:37:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k2f9um10.fsf@russet.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83bn0ncu0b.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 20 Aug 2016 18:58:12 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Arash Esbati <arash.esbati@gmail.com>
>> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, phillip.lord@russet.org.uk
>> Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:49:45 +0200
>>
>> > Once again, the only practical way of complying with GPL is to provide
>> > the source archive from the same server as the binaries. (The GPL
>> > doesn't request that literally, but I know of no other scheme that
>> > really works.)
>>
>> I see your point, and I'm seeking for a way to store library sources
>> next to Emacs binaries on the same server. I think we already have a
>> solution: the library sources can be packaged the way I have described;
>> if Phil agrees to go this route as well, he could package the sources
>> and upload them with the next RC which can be distributed with the
>> necessary DLLs.
>
> Thanks.
>
> FWIW, I think it's better to have the DLLs and their sources available
> in separate archives, not in a single large one, because some users
> may wish to install only part of the libraries. But that's me.
My inclination would be to provide three files.
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
Phil
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-22 10:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-19 7:45 Emacs binaries for Windows Arash Esbati
2016-08-19 14:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-19 16:33 ` Arash Esbati
2016-08-19 17:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-19 20:27 ` Óscar Fuentes
2016-08-20 15:49 ` Arash Esbati
2016-08-20 15:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-22 10:37 ` Phillip Lord [this message]
2016-08-22 14:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-23 11:26 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-23 14:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-23 17:02 ` Arash Esbati
2016-08-23 17:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-24 10:42 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-19 15:03 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-19 17:24 ` Arash Esbati
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