From df9b97e5164e0f0c5610d093ea1a89d10a36d0ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corwin Brust Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 21:09:01 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] ; update README for windows binaries --- admin/nt/dist-build/README-windows-binaries | 23 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/admin/nt/dist-build/README-windows-binaries b/admin/nt/dist-build/README-windows-binaries index 50b2244147c..d901c9b00fa 100644 --- a/admin/nt/dist-build/README-windows-binaries +++ b/admin/nt/dist-build/README-windows-binaries @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Making a link to our copy of the source is NOT sufficient, since we might upgrade to a new version while you are still distributing the old binaries. - Windows Binaries ================ @@ -62,18 +61,34 @@ intended that these will be updated after that point. Source for Emacs itself is found in the directory above. +Emacs binaries are normally built using MSYS2/MINGW64 and include a full +"Ahead of Time" (AOT) build of provided elisp. Other binaries for a +given version of Emacs, if any, that have been created from atypical +compilation environments or built using alternative (e.g. "noaot") +settings may include architecture (e.g. "i668") and or other "tags" +following the version identifier (for example: +emacs-X.Y.Z-i686-notreesitter-nognutls.zip). + Snapshots ========= We also distribute "snapshots" of Emacs built at points throughout the development cycle, for those interested in following this cycle. They are not recommended for normal users; however, they are useful for -people who want to report bugs against the current master. +people who want to report bugs against the current master, to help in +"pretesting" new release versions, and so on. The files follow the same naming convention, but also include a date -(and sometimes information about their branch). The Emacs source at -the time of these builds is also distributed. +(and sometimes information about their branch) or they may releate to a +sepecific pretest or release candidate for an "uncut" Emacs. Emacs +sources are distributed along with each dated snapshot. Sources are +provided for the pretest and release candidate Emacs versions here, as +for release builds, are found in the directory (or directories) above. +Meta +==== + +You can find a copy this file, along with other programs used to build Emacs as a native windows program using the MSYS2 toolchain, within the emacs source tree, see: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/admin/nt/dist-build LICENSE ======