From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dhruva Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs build on Windows: Prerequisites Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:01:52 +0530 Message-ID: References: <85k5y2l941.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1172669546 26821 80.91.229.12 (28 Feb 2007 13:32:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:32:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel To: "David Kastrup" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 28 14:32:12 2007 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 4.50) id 1HMOug-0004vA-Fo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:32:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMOug-0007Zv-W8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:32:11 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HMOuS-0007ZE-MT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:31:56 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HMOuR-0007YL-29 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:31:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMOuQ-0007YG-TW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:31:54 -0500 Original-Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.173]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HMOuQ-0002V2-EZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:31:54 -0500 Original-Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id j3so124044ugf for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:31:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ia2i0SuKLueBbKvUU5J+RP4h9kGktrTWM08cuQcvD5pAl9oQjQqxQyzu62yfA2SC28+cwphIitCUeFWSlh7qEPMlF8sql0XOZF/0uCgKOx2j9B88YOIPFUHqnGtlfJ1hS1kCu2dMVYYytlySLR8O0RCHxEa4LGkGhe6gHA+9NR4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=MkR7DlQb0XeziKFuafQbiwM+fQbabKlK8oIvuXCM6ytqpEq0KmDDCBEvViiWjXl3732pOXV7crzw4plcDyYBGlUpzuR85nGo9Ai2UdaIOO0PFBpdiZx8pN7CgXjHqNi3hXBh3CzstndktxO/Mf1T2/gHw+cd0fieQh9pMjogVmY= Original-Received: by 10.78.166.7 with SMTP id o7mr37130hue.1172669512687; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:31:52 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.78.154.2 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:31:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <85k5y2l941.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 (Google crawlbot) 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:67034 Archived-At: On 2/28/07, David Kastrup wrote: > dhruva writes: > > This will make it easier for me to build. > > Will it make it easier for the developers to maintain, in particular > synchronizing it with the builds on other platforms? The developers > of the Windows port will be more qualified to answer this question > than I am, but I still want to point out that at least I find the > phrasing of your request coming across as somewhat self-centred. A I apologize for conveying something that I did not mean. Just a communication gap. IMHO, since Emacs is distributed in source form, there will be lot of people trying to build it. Hence, I was hoping to reduce the dependency and make it a little easier to be able to build on windows. It was not an attempt to complain nor criticize the current setup but a genuine approach to make it more self contained. > progression of the "Why should...", "Why can't it..." kind comes > across like a complaint doubting the sanity of the addressed people's > choices. Whether or not that was your intent, it probably could have Not complaining for sure. Before I start modifying the build files, I wanted to know if there was a reason that I had completely missed out. I just wanted to avoid spending time on a topic which was already visited by other developers. with best regards, dhruva -- Dhruva Krishnamurthy Contents reflect my personal views only!