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Re: Getting latest development version
From: |
Jean Louis |
Subject: |
Re: Getting latest development version |
Date: |
Sun, 27 Nov 2022 11:38:23 +0300 |
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Mutt/2.2.7+37 (a90f69b) (2022-09-02) |
* Hans Lonsdale <hanslonsdale@mailfence.com> [2022-11-27 11:04]:
> Could you add more details (commands for download) directly on
> "software/emacs/download.html" on
> how to get the various possibilities (releases, development version).
> Currently everything is dispersed
> in the emacs website and the savannah website. It is quite a strain to have
> to go through searching for things.
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/download.html
I may add here, that I when hiring people, I give them to do the Emacs
Tutorial, however, directions on how to download Emacs are very
unclear for beginners.
It is fine and good for GNU/Linux.
But those using Windows have problem:
They click here:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/download.html#nonfree
after that they click and redirect to mirror:
https://gnuftp.uib.no/emacs/windows/
and there is no way to see what to download exactly and what to do?
They get this listing:
Index of /emacs/windows
Icon Name Last modified Size
Description[PARENTDIR] Parent Directory -
[DIR] emacs-22/ 2019-04-16 23:30 -
[DIR] emacs-23/ 2019-04-16 22:50 -
[DIR] emacs-24/ 2019-04-16 22:40 -
[DIR] emacs-25/ 2019-04-16 22:35 -
[DIR] emacs-26/ 2019-08-30 15:10 -
[DIR] emacs-27/ 2021-03-31 18:49 -
[DIR] emacs-28/ 2022-09-13 18:57 -
[ ] libXpm-3.5.7-w32-src.zip 2008-03-26 13:16 79K
[ ] libXpm-3.5.7-w32-src.zip.sig 2008-03-26 13:16 280
[ ] libxpm-3.5.8-w32-src.zip 2010-04-10 02:12 1.4M
[ ] libxpm-3.5.8-w32-src.zip.sig 2010-04-10 02:13 96
[ ] xpm-nox-4.2.0-src.zip 2016-09-18 20:37 267K
[ ] xpm-nox-4.2.0-src.zip.sig 2016-09-18 20:37 173
And that is very confusing for people who are not programmers and not
GNU/Linux users.
For Windows there shall be direct download link to single installable
package.
I have filed this as bug.
--
Jean
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