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: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 11:37:47 +0100 Message-ID: <87k2f9um10.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> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1471862376 3748 195.159.176.226 (22 Aug 2016 10:39:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:39:36 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: Arash Esbati , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 22 12:39:33 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 1bbmdg-0000et-3f for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:39:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40629 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbmdd-0003zj-4Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 06:39:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47770) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbmd2-0003zR-NC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 06:38:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbmd1-0003el-Qy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 06:38:52 -0400 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([31.216.48.48]:57821) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbmcv-0003Tr-UY; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 06:38:46 -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=/B9MZ/wpVydubTg1HqxDY1WssLBPdgjCySiD/0CwxtE=; b=SHh4vTDaPHxOFllcS1+oFcC/Yv cOegksjnQaUWvB6TEuWC8Z71LJKAgzKPp4OgZSQMCPZxQuD4E7b3tkVPrfYHP683JOP4Lh8imEQ9m XaH2tS8+lcvRPlZcZnTef3kKsp87FOySAErEGzA7ZIInzj8vFphmUuXVtD/h0yQsumzNJ5B64rB0h +Jb3RzHAvi7FzkVNid90bdBRtYNy/nTvJG7L+hth8CXoLfxOnO3fJ1C2bPvqYM7n68n2oy8fw6Q+a p/fPj6mYJithtUudPtN/FfEUWvvR5f3pZGar0oHANPXHSeCGsmgaojeA8qMaZiAU7FdrEgWQksF45 wFmwL4vg==; Original-Received: from janus-nat-128-240-225-60.ncl.ac.uk ([128.240.225.60]:35960 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 1bbmcA-002WLT-SB; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 11:37:58 +0100 In-Reply-To: <83bn0ncu0b.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 20 Aug 2016 18:58:12 +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:206743 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Arash Esbati >> 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