From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs 29.0.50 Snapshot binaries for WIndows Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 07:18:04 +0200 Message-ID: References: <83ley7z1u4.fsf@gnu.org> <87h78ukvgj.fsf@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19686"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android Cc: dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de, corwin@bru.st, phillip.lord@russet.org.uk, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org, Richard Stallman , Po Lu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 21 06:18:54 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nM166-0004yc-22 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2022 06:18:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56596 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nM164-0004z9-Ii for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:18:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41114) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nM15Q-0004Jw-UH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:18:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=43926 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nM15P-0003uI-M0; Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:18:11 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:To:From: Date; bh=s3GgE+O4UkZ/7JgRurMFCM0iVwE8jW6IiOcCnueyKD4=; b=UBCpukn/I5MZ6bXZKNyt B3vh67M2wfubvbJOf65I62CopBdNoFMr8WoCGcwRfCVEdgUi0jbKTbNkA8qV/m7564JDzDnhTzawu X4OtkzwvdU44cjMAsDr/KoK6akno1Yizn4/8SKT7OtGR8kC+T6gTRgiwniYvDNB3l85QIV3fnm8cP rsIx0scniNu7gWLNnTWzidggfP/RlNmWtfFVgkab85HEBtEs3zebvWLsD0D6MrQYAKfakiLc+/VQx mv9jxPGkJ5ne29IV6iQ8QiUirL9hkQj55Qqro7Zw9KBVXDUzAw1PZZk4exVNd27SC5gGRPcrDKurE KY5kSV3lO3HjFQ==; Original-Received: from [2001:4df7:3:966f::1] (port=46192 helo=[IPv6:::1]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nM15O-0006pT-FT; Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:18:10 -0500 In-Reply-To: Autocrypt: addr=eliz@gnu.org; keydata= mQENBF+pf4UBCAC6vjkWLSAsQpe8YIGKLQzNOJx/IjGtCdFF8uzmO5jmME+SD8ROuJN+t5KXVw58 uzu75EFD0vHTY9e+udJ2gkpuy0NnzkFcbumdLLo2ERKCoSctZZRhzKXI5z5cHxCqW0B2ygHRrRLt oNlGID7bAgcgSViT1ptGqTXO7zGVu4Airok7dNzcPtHgns8GlR5YAFX0TvE6oGd0l2VPghNeVJKJ OjrbfhoDxl3ucFpqbqMH8z9HTLDOFpz8UaYYUdJMi3xX6vwTZxI2sM2RRVLUpZyllAkSMI4lln1O OgazM/62DJUs/rKIHKBnF6h3/qsJUjUYXaAHbrXY26mWllAd536lABEBAAG0I0VsaSBaYXJldHNr aWkgKGVsaXopIDxlbGl6QGdudS5vcmc+iQE4BBMBAgAiBQJfqX+FAhsDBgsJCAcDAgYVCAIJCgsE FgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRCRwSYvAeuNOYUQB/4/iIKKOG45ijNaRoTvmJJZMvj1S07WQxEm7c5SHEeE QbLOAxB9vESOV7sLueuN3oqEndtzyYt4x1WTSBmHFF7h5fcCMjBs41siOIp5Sj/xD0Bvaa0IKGCR SZ7PAo8Mq3wgajXpTpn9vxE2PmtzA8KdEE0K1+f9pVAfOpUIcCl44rIxLUW352XG0y7iz6c/O6LB 1deOKMiKFctKO7pBti1dJEm1ImewLH3H8uTbwspLOs3EB8xhsESxmTidnze68HX2jt+2EeMgCdki NU+LWbexQZPfIS7+ZmE06ll0v6+Jy7ZdTkCCRypKWTnW7pIFsq/p4kybV8O/kHSV6B4vvQBfuQEN BF X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:286550 Archived-At: On February 21, 2022 6:35:17 AM GMT+02:00, Richard Stallman = wrote: >=20 > The issue is a matter of the priorities of our project=2E We should not > be catering to Windows (or MacOS, or any nonfree system) more than we > cater to the GNU system, because GNU and the Free World get priority > on principle=2E Once again, this is not a project's activity=2E Emacs as a project doesn'= t provide binaries for any platform, and I don't think it should=2E These Windows binaries are produced by volunteers who aren't Emacs develop= ers, and the only support they get from us is advice regarding some aspects= of the packaging=2E So I see no reason to question whether this raises so= me moral issues=2E We as a project aren't catering here to any OS, we are = just answering questions and sharing user experience=2E That these discuss= ions are held on Emacs mailing lists shouldn't confuse us about the essence= of this activity=2E