From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows Date: 05 Aug 2004 09:26:34 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <001401c478de$908a92d0$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> <1091508072.20683.201576204@webmail.messagingengine.com> <4111491A.4090601@runestig.com> <4111D8D4.1040506@runestig.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1091690842 18418 80.91.224.253 (5 Aug 2004 07:27:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 07:27:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 05 09:27:14 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bsceg-0002Og-00 for ; Thu, 05 Aug 2004 09:27:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BsciD-0005wV-0x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Aug 2004 03:30:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bsci6-0005wQ-JK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Aug 2004 03:30:46 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bsci6-0005wE-4X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Aug 2004 03:30:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bsci6-0005w4-1W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Aug 2004 03:30:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bsce4-0006Ll-6I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Aug 2004 03:26:36 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bsce3-0008Dr-HY; Thu, 05 Aug 2004 03:26:36 -0400 Original-To: "Peter 'Luna' Runestig" In-Reply-To: <4111D8D4.1040506@runestig.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-Lines: 24 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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:26194 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:26194 "Peter 'Luna' Runestig" writes: > On 2004-08-04 22:55, David Kastrup wrote: > > "Peter 'Luna' Runestig" writes: > >> Why? Why should "lusers" install new software on a computer? > > > > Because freedom is too important to be contrained to the ranks of > > revolutionists and appointed Windows administrators? > > By "install new software on a computer", I mean putting software in > a common location, for all users on the computer to use. But the meaning here was completely unambiguously referring to putting software in a location not requiring administrator rights so that the user may at least be using the software himself. > Surely you don't suggest that any users should have the abillity to > do that? A user wanting to use Emacs should be able to install it for his uses without having to beg his system administrator. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum