From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Next pretest, and branching plans Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:44:53 +0800 Message-ID: <87zl272k3e.fsf@home.jasonrumney.net> References: <4B8147A9.7030504@gmail.com> <87ljemdzxo.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4B83682D.5010804@gnu.org> <4B9B0211.9070308@gmail.com> <87pr37y6de.fsf@home.jasonrumney.net> <4B9C4EF6.3010006@gmail.com> <83mxya23fl.fsf@gnu.org> <4BA0225D.8030805@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268829943 31492 80.91.229.12 (17 Mar 2010 12:45:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:45:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Christoph , monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 17 13:45:39 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nrsd0-0003wD-TQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:45:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59174 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nrsd0-0004Jk-5q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:45:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nrsca-0003oU-46 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:45:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60299 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NrscY-0003nD-OQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:45:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NrscT-0007nM-V6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:45:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-gx0-f217.google.com ([209.85.217.217]:47326) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NrscP-0007mV-Og; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:45:01 -0400 Original-Received: by gxk9 with SMTP id 9so564821gxk.8 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:45:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:received:from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent :mime-version:content-type; bh=QTqj/4YszalZ9ZE5nJBomjQVp/DfzbAduyH5cC9skM0=; b=a1HNH/OXNIIE1WVDlWA3pduSa6hJT902+tHuRMUZp6fz36DLuL6GnqV/V8guZcqK88 vcvXTwmUWQPNh6oes4wyG6EYcgEuiNHbZeYp/ZxQdLrwioHxPQPgl44penCqjsqK84OD L/4fK19WqzQOd3tjV0FFMZBGkhAT30V2+nhsw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=n5n3FVIoqw4H3Db28mnur2pjruApVbiEGWIwgqXQCg1iiE4ucaBujokVEWSJwKF4wl g6klBQzbqZNdcN5CEvAbZ0DqQtugZ7qq2f9vurIP14Jc4MXMs3zJeS+lCidGjInZk6fd r9mGBVsFynY2TuVMRbNpFkC1F6BC5x5syujYU= Original-Received: by 10.101.169.6 with SMTP id w6mr1041767ano.106.1268829900369; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:45:00 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from home.jasonrumney.net ([202.87.221.133]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 4sm464144yxd.16.2010.03.17.05.44.57 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:44:58 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by home.jasonrumney.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 63C14575; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:44:53 +0800 (MYT) In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:14:29 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:122086 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > If it's not on PATH, it's in the directory where you have the Emacs > binary. Well, no. The directory where he has the Emacs binary has just been created via make install, so it doesn't contain any files that are not part of Emacs. > Yes, but flexibility comes at a price: one needs _always_ to type that > argument. Why impose this inconvenience on the user? The make target Christoph is creating is for packaging Emacs. Most users will have no need to use it.