I haven't been tracking this thread, but I plan on doing a build of 21.4.15
for windows. My build machine is currently in for repair, and my day job is
somewhat busy.
andy
-----Original Message-----
From: xemacs-beta-admin(a)xemacs.org
[mailto:xemacs-beta-admin@xemacs.org]On Behalf Of Stephen J. Turnbull
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 5:27 PM
To: Steven Elliot Harris
Cc: xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org; andy(a)xemacs.org
Subject: Netinstaller for 21.4.15? [was: Package paths on Cygwin]
>>>>> "Steven" == Steven Elliot Harris <seh(a)panix.com>
writes:
Steven> Do you expect that there will be an 21.4.15 build with an
Steven> installer offered for Windows?
Ask Andy ... on second thought, I will. (Cc'ing...) Andy?
Steven> When 21.4.14 came out, I recall reading that the Windows
Steven> maintainer who prepares the installation packages was too
Steven> busy to attend to it.
"Busy" is a relative word in this context. The differences between
.13 and .14 from the point of view of Windows users were rather small.
This is a big difference, and reviewer advocacy will probably go
beyond "strong encouragement" to Andy to the point where maybe
somebody else will step up and do it if necessary.
I think it's unlikely that there will be an InstallShield-style
installer, though. Those have never been done by core people, and I
really can't see a good reason for spending effort on them based on
the quality of product and user demand. (My mind could be changed,
that's just my current take.)
Steven> Or is it possible to just grab a few files to bring my
Steven> 21.4.13 installation up to 21.4.15?
Let's put it this way: building XEmacs is much easier and more
reliable than updating core files piecemeal (for one thing, you really
want to redump XEmacs, basically the Lisp equivalent of the link stage
for C programs).
If you really bring bits across a river in a bucket, maybe bandwidth
is an issue. If you have a 14.4kB modem connection or better, I
suggest you bite the bullet and get the Cygwin toolchain and CVS
checkout XEmacs, after which you can _reliably_ update only those
files that need it. (Yes, I have done that, and not just once. It
_was_ worth the wait.)
Although M-x build doesn't carry around as much GUI garbage as VC++,
if you run XEmacs anyway you'll find M-x build to be quite as easy to
use as any installer, at least for this purpose.
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