LWN: Comments on "Emacs 28.1 released"

Emacs 28.1 released

abbe — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 06:46:32 +0000

That's available via --with-pgtk (pure GTK) in the master branch.

Emacs 28.1 released

hickinbottoms — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:33:35 +0000

A very nice commentary on what the NEWS file actually means is regularly provided by Emacs writer Mickey Petersen: https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/whats-new-in-emacs-28-1

There are a number of things in NEWS that I wouldn't realise the utility of, which that commentary explains very well indeed.

Emacs 28.1 released

KJ7RRV — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 18:42:05 +0000

It displays in Fennec F-Droid (Firefox) on Android.

Emacs 28.1 released

mjanonis — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:58:53 +0000

Hooray! Great work by the Emacs devs. Can't wait for stable Wayland support.

NEWS file

nye — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:53:04 +0000

> Safari on iPhone

I was going to say something rude about this, but checking the HTTP 1.1 spec, it appears that this is technically correct (the best kind of correct?), although everyone else's behaviour is permissible and typically better *in practice*.

> If and only if the media type is not given by a Content-Type field, the recipient MAY attempt to guess the media type via inspection of its content and/or the name extension(s) of the URI used to identify the resource. If the media type remains unknown, the recipient SHOULD treat it as type "application/octet-stream".

NEWS file

epa — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:43:28 +0000

Safari on iPhone prompts to download the file. That's not unreasonable if it's not served with a MIME type that indicates it can be shown in the browser.

NEWS file

corbet — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:42:34 +0000

Out of curiosity, which browser failed to show the NEWS file for you? I can't reproduce a problem with Firefox or Chromium.

Emacs 28.1 released

pabs — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:47:23 +0000

I recommend the open-in-browser WebExtension for overriding what web servers return for MIME types:

https://github.com/Rob--W/open-in-browser

Emacs 28.1 released

taladar — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:39:04 +0000

> since the NEWS file is not served with a MIME type that lets you view it in the browser.

Seems to work fine here in Firefox. There does not seem to be a Content-Type at all in the response though.

Emacs 28.1 released

epa — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 06:28:07 +0000

Often LWN includes the release notes as the full article. That would have been useful here, since the NEWS file is not served with a MIME type that lets you view it in the browser.