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#7716
23.2.91; Pretest Windows binary doesn't support PNG images
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Reported by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:58:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 23.2.91
Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #151 received at 7716 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
>> Cc: <sean.sieger <at> gmail.com>, <7716 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
>> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:19:38 -0800
>>
>> This should not be so complicated. Windows users - above all other users (since
>> more Windows users are not programmers) - should be given a failsafe,
>> braindead-simple way to get images to work in Emacs.
>
> The only way to make this dead simple is to statically link Emacs
> against all image libraries. This will make a much larger binaries,
> so I'm not sure we want that.
>
> The other alternative is to distribute the DLLs together with Emacs.
> Unfortunately, this has legal complications.
Aren't there more alternatives? How about just storing the relevant
image dll:s somewhere where Emacs users can grab them? I do not think
there are any legal complications doing that as long as you tell where
the sources are etc.
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