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Re: Windows Binaries Release: was The emacs-28 release branch
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Konstantin Kharlamov |
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Re: Windows Binaries Release: was The emacs-28 release branch |
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Sat, 16 Oct 2021 23:24:34 +0300 |
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Evolution 3.40.4 |
On Mon, 2021-10-04 at 20:04 +0100, Phillip Lord wrote:
> Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@russet.org.uk> writes:
> >
> > > As the release of Emacs-28 is soon, I would like to look for someone to
> > > take over the role of producing windows releases.
> > >
> > > I've done this job for quite a while now, since Emacs-25, when I used to
> > > build the releases on windows partition that I had saved on an machine I
> > > use for running Kodi in my living room. Since then, it has gone virtual,
> > > the process has become mostly automatic, dependencies have been included
> > > by default and there is an exe installer.
> > >
> > > It is not a huge amount of work to just roll the releases but especially
> > > after the last year, it's a more than I have time for.
> > >
> > > In addition, there are a number of things that could be added: an msi or
> > > msix installer, support for native comp. I cannot see having the time
> > > for this into the foreseable future.
> > >
> > > If anyone is interested, let me know. Happy to take anyone through the
> > > process and provide as much support as I can.
> > >
> > > Phil
> >
> > Thanks for your effort. One question though: can the builds be made
> > with Wine or ReactOS and an entirely free toolchain?
>
>
> No, not to my knowledge. Emacs does not cross-compile. It has to be
> built on Windows, using msys2 and mingw64. The toolchain is free, the
> operating system is not.
FWIW, neither of them counts as cross-compilation. A Windows app run under WINE
sees the usual Windows environment, except it is actually simulated. Running
msys2 and mingw64 under WINE would count as "native compilation".
Re: Windows Binaries Release: was The emacs-28 release branch, Corwin Brust, 2021/10/03
- Re: Windows Binaries Release: was The emacs-28 release branch, Phillip Lord, 2021/10/04
- Re: Windows Binaries Release: was The emacs-28 release branch, H. Dieter Wilhelm, 2021/10/16
- Re: Windows Binaries Release: was The emacs-28 release branch, Corwin Brust, 2021/10/16
- Re: Windows Binaries Release: was The emacs-28 release branch, H. Dieter Wilhelm, 2021/10/16
- Re: Windows Binaries Release: was The emacs-28 release branch, Phillip Lord, 2021/10/20
- Re: Windows Binaries Release: was The emacs-28 release branch, H. Dieter Wilhelm, 2021/10/20