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RE: [External] : Re: Where's the explanation of the file names under /gn
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Drew Adams |
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RE: [External] : Re: Where's the explanation of the file names under /gnu/emacs/windows? |
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Wed, 1 Jun 2022 00:58:32 +0000 |
> From cursory examination only (I don't use Windows)...
> I note that
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/README
> __;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!Kea7Ycu449oSMh11LAOHNnCjt5Uwsx-
> V7wfSPK6LCmV9RUt7Yha3rDywkPVi-aqpzLmYZVhktfwpXpXO7bc$ says:
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> "Each major version of Emacs is kept in its own subdirectory. Please
> see the README files there for details of how to install and run
> Emacs."
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-
> 28/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!Kea7Ycu449oSMh11LAOHNnCjt5Uwsx-
> V7wfSPK6LCmV9RUt7Yha3rDywkPVi-aqpzLmYZVhktfwpEhTxI3U$ seems to be
> missing
> the equivalent of this file to explain the contents of the directory:
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-
> 27/README-windows-
> binaries__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!Kea7Ycu449oSMh11LAOHNnCjt5Uwsx-
> V7wfSPK6LCmV9RUt7Yha3rDywkPVi-aqpzLmYZVhktfwp_NKuN24$
>
> But earlier releases had a README file with additional information:
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-
> 26/README__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!Kea7Ycu449oSMh11LAOHNnCjt5Uwsx-
> V7wfSPK6LCmV9RUt7Yha3rDywkPVi-aqpzLmYZVhktfwpFp2pejw$
>
> so perhaps we're missing both README and README-windows-binaries in
> the emacs-28 directory, and missing emacs-27/README too?
>
> (IIUC the old README was a combination of the README-windows-binaries
> information and some additional info.)
Yes, thanks. I thought I recollected the
same thing. Without such description, we
now get just a list of file names.