GNU bug report logs - #22935
W32 Binaries should have a top-level directory

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)

Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 21:14:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)
Cc: 22935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22935: W32 Binaries should have a top-level directory
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 22:01:42 +0200

> From: phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)
> Cc: 22935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 19:35:59 +0000
> 
> Windows explorer is out-of-the-box, and it asks once whether to merge
> the contents.

Depends on how you copy.

> I think most people will navigate to "bin", then short-cut
> "runemacs.exe" to desktop.

Yes, and lose emacsclient, and then come back crying.

Anyway, it's clear we disagree, so I might as well stop arguing.
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