Re: Emacs binaries for Windows

[phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)]

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