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* bug#25590: Remove build number from emacs-version variable
@ 2017-01-31 17:55 Glenn Morris
  2017-02-04 10:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2017-01-31 17:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 25590

Package: emacs
Version: 25.1
Severity: wishlist

I'd like to suggest removing the build number from the variable emacs-version.
Instead, it can go in a separate variable (eg emacs-build-number).
The function emacs-version can still include it in parentheses, like it
does for several other quantities.

Motivation:
I think the build number is a largely internal detail that is only of
interest to a small number of developers (as a data point, I've never
used/wanted it for anything). Having it in the version string is
confusing to people not familiar with Emacs development.
(I am not aware of any other software that even has a concept of "build
number".)





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2017-01-31 17:55 bug#25590: Remove build number from emacs-version variable Glenn Morris
2017-02-04 10:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-05 23:45   ` Glenn Morris
2017-02-06 15:32     ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-06 18:34       ` Noam Postavsky
2017-02-06 19:38         ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-06 20:24           ` Noam Postavsky
2017-02-07  4:40         ` Glenn Morris
2017-02-07  6:23           ` Glenn Morris

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