bug#27539: closed (suggestion to reference WSL on download page)

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> suggestion for download page
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> Fri, 30 Jun 2017 15:44:42 +0200
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> Hello,
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> I thought it could be helpful to point out that as of "windows 
> 10 Anniversary Update" it is possible to install "bash on ubuntu on 
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> explanation: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about
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> So it's possible to run the native Linux emacs within windows, maybe 
> this could be a helpful addition to the windows download page
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> regards,
> Lorenzo
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> Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
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> > Lorenzo <lorenzo.adyns@openmailbox.org> writes:
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> >> Op 6/07/2017 om 15:03 schreef Ken Brown:
> >>> On 7/5/2017 2:20 PM, Nicolas Petton wrote:
> >>>> Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
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> >>>>> Couple of questions:
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> >>>>> 1) Does documenting this imply Emacs developers provide support for
> >>>>> it?
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> >>>> I don't think so, and this is AFAIK still in Beta. I think that if we're
> >>>> going to add this documentation to the download page, we should mention
> >>>> both.
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> >>>>> 2) What about Cygwin?
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> >>>> I'm completely ignorant when it comes to the Windows world.  If you or
> >>>> someone else wants to give me installation instructions for Cygwin, when
> >>>> I'd be happy to add it to the page.
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> >>> Cygwin users can install Emacs by using Cygwin's installer, setup-x86.exe
> >>> (32bits) or setup-x86_64.exe (64bits).
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> >>> Ken
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> >> Beat me to it :) I was just testing it. Seems to work really great & it is as
> >> simple as downloading the above mentioned executables & selecting emacs to be
> >> installed.
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> > It seems like there is already an accepted installation method for
> > Windows.
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> > Since there has been no further progress here in 3 years, can we
> > therefore close this bug?
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> More information was requested, but none was given within 7 weeks, so
> I'm closing this bug.  If there is more to do here, please reply to this
> email (use "Reply to all" in your email client) and we can reopen the
> bug report.
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> Best regards,
> Stefan Kangas
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