Re: GnuTLS for W32

[Richard Riley]

Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden> writes:

> 2012/1/6 Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden>:
>
>> I meant Emacs, the software, not just its binary form.  Forget the
>> binaries; you and Lars are protesting a startup check that critical
>> packages like GnuTLS are not out of date.
>
> When you say that, you are not talking about gnutls.el, you are
> talking about the GnuTLS binary, so no, I cannot forget the binaries.
> That's the whole point of the discussion (at least, of the part of the
> discussion I'm involved in).
>
>> I can't think of a better way to
>> notify them that an Emacs component is out of date and possibly
>> compromising their security.
>
> The GnuTLS binary is *not* an "Emacs component".

Silly word play. It's a required component for Emacs in the context of
this discussion.

>
>     Juanma
>