2017-11-20 18:31 GMT+01:00 Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org>:
> > From: Fabrice Popineau <fabrice.popin...@centralesupelec.fr>
> > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 16:13:48 +0100
> > Cc: Msys2 <msys2-users@lists.sourceforge.net>,
> > Emacs developers <emacs-de...@gnu.org>
> >
> > gnutls also need to have an accessible ca-bundle for certificates.
>
> Not on MS-Windows, it doesn't: it uses the system certificate store
> instead.
>
Oh ... good to know. I recall that I had to make gnutls point to the file
in the past.
Maybe I overlooked something. (I don't use gnutls much)
> But in general, your point is valid: various optional libraries need
> support
> files to work properly.
>
Given the numerous dependencies, and as long as msys2/mingw64 is concerned,
it is so much
easier to install msys2 and then request emacs from pacman than to package
a standalone
emacs. Lots of elisp packages may require other mingw64 packages : a spell
checker, git, etc.
It is easy to install them with pacman. The user will have a much harder
time with
a standalone emacs. If you want a full emacs experience, you need a full
unix-like environment.
Fabrice
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