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: Windows Installer for Emacs-27 Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 17:58:24 +0000 Message-ID: <87po799t8f.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <87lgjibagr.fsf@russet.org.uk> <874lpo7n95.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87375552rr.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87k1xvbqi2.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87ind1d0c5.fsf@russet.org.uk> <873745y0sd.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1513793257 13294 195.159.176.226 (20 Dec 2017 18:07:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:07:37 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.90 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Robert Pluim Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 20 19:07:33 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 1eRim9-0002Y6-1S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 19:07:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33126 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eRio4-0007xF-5L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 13:09:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43803) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eRidR-0007bV-PK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:58:30 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eRidO-00086w-3C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:58:29 -0500 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([78.129.138.110]:50051) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eRidN-000861-R5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:58:26 -0500 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:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=pMkq7sEOtr1rC8yg10BvzIOPNwtJT5db7YyOn/d2x3w=; b=TfsYls8zjIwIIJVs43tZYB/rQ I7gblKhfwVfmSLEHESaIOEHnoapeIQt3xzIRxGtPtHVbm3bFMymOt9lVnHg9sKEsEafjks6lwzkWp TOlIUdsuuCyNVsaRAaMT4vPu7hN5Z0z7BsKI7HvkKEp3fCuc8GpGDq9DKsp8dyy96dL2WYEXe9Ppc w8/O/sNaH87hqd3800GKzAeQQhZKwuNy2IbGbwKMg2vwwD8aKuILQhDwFiP8PjM3Mxewu8Iyw6EXu p/3gbIx0/9PCLkawcEbff2FvVNT/ylueBn6X1KHBUmVRHeXcZ06kZ2UWGqd/RDq+yqIPt70Pxvfj/ kEBsxm4PA==; Original-Received: from janus-nat-128-240-225-124.ncl.ac.uk ([128.240.225.124]:33314 helo=russet.org.uk) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89_1) (envelope-from ) id 1eRidM-003Egy-Io; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 17:58:24 +0000 In-Reply-To: <873745y0sd.fsf@gmail.com> (Robert Pluim's message of "Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:41:22 +0100") 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-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 78.129.138.110 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:221285 Archived-At: Robert Pluim writes: > phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) writes: > >> Ted Zlatanov writes: >>>>> Then it will be easier to implement something in Emacs to check for >>>>> available updates on that platform by looking at that version. >>> >>> PL> Let me know if you don't have enough. >>> >>> Anything else we can do from Emacs to help the user would be good: >>> >>> * check signature of installer (ideally without GnuPG, since installing >>> that on W32 is not easy) >> >> Actually, that's easy since windows does this >> automatically. Unfortunately, it needs the binary to be signed. That's >> straight-forward enough, although I would need a certificate to do this, >> which isn't free (as in beer). > > What kind of certificate? offers free as in > beer TLS certificates. A microsoft coding signing one. Phil