Re: When should ralloc.c be used? (WAS: bug#24358)

[Perry E. Metzger]

On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 21:13:05 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 11:05:03 -0400
> > From: "Perry E. Metzger" <address@hidden>
> > Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden,
> >  address@hidden, Fabrice Popineau
> >  <address@hidden>
> >   
> > > It's a tradeoff, yes. My impression is that the rare user who
> > > redumps Emacs typically has a C compiler installed or can easily
> > > install one, so it shouldn't be much to ask.  
> > 
> > Agreed. On free operating systems it's easy (that's the whole
> > point of freedom!), and even on non-free operating systems free
> > compilers are available, so it isn't a big deal for most users I
> > think. (On macOS the official XCode compiler is also available
> > gratis.)  
> 
> I can assure you that installing a fully functioning environment for
> compiling programs is not a trivial task on MS-Windows.  It isn't
> enough to have just a compiler: you need Binutils, support libraries
> and header files, and a well-configured MSYS installation to be able
> to run Emacs build script and Makefiles.
> 
> Also, please don't forget that some people run Emacs on machines
> where they are not system administrators and are not allowed to
> install arbitrary packages.
> 
> Not everyone is in the same position as you and Paul (or myself).
> 

Sure, but most people never, ever undump an Emacs either unless
they're building from scratch or doing Emacs dev work...

-- 
Perry E. Metzger                address@hidden