Re: Could we include diff and grep (etc.) executables on Windows?

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> Maybe streamlining the MSYS way to install Emacs is the easiest/best way
>>> to solve this problem?
>> Depends on what you mean by that (and what you mean when you say "MSYS").

God question.  IIUC one of the main problems with bundling tools is
having to compile them, keep the versions up-to-date, distributing the
sources, etc....

So what I meant mostly was: don't actually bundle them, but just provide
some straightforward way to install Emacs+tools where the tools are
actually fetched from some other place that handles the job of
compiling, keeping them up-to-date, distributing the sources, ...

I assumed MSYS could be that "other place" but apparently that's not
the case.  Maybe that doesn't invalidate the underlying idea, tho.


        Stefan