From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25590: Remove build number from emacs-version variable Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:38:44 +0200 Message-ID: <838tpj6rej.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1svasvru4x.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83r33e8doa.fsf@gnu.org> <83k29372t6.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1486410016 24844 195.159.176.226 (6 Feb 2017 19:40:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 19:40:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 25590@debbugs.gnu.org To: Noam Postavsky Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 06 20:40:12 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cap92-00062d-9c for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:40:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50423 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cap92-0006mk-MY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 14:40:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49530) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cap8w-0006ku-EG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 14:40:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cap8s-0002wG-Fo for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 14:40:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:59866) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cap8s-0002w8-CA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 14:40:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cap8s-0004EN-3T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 14:40:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2017 19:40:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25590 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 25590-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25590.148640994416196 (code B ref 25590); Mon, 06 Feb 2017 19:40:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25590) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Feb 2017 19:39:04 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58065 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cap7w-0004DA-Fu for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 14:39:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58110) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cap7u-0004Ch-Q8 for 25590@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 14:39:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cap7l-0002Tr-Lz for 25590@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 14:38:57 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:53888) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cap7l-0002Tl-Jt; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 14:38:53 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4736 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cap7i-0007Ct-6D; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 14:38:51 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Noam Postavsky on Mon, 6 Feb 2017 13:34:40 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:129040 Archived-At: > From: Noam Postavsky > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 13:34:40 -0500 > Cc: Glenn Morris , 25590@debbugs.gnu.org > > I think the proposal is to go from this: > > emacs-version ;=> "24.5.1" > (emacs-version) ;=> "GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) > of 2015-04-11 on LEG570" > > to this > > emacs-version ;=> "24.5" > emacs-build-number ;=> 1 > (emacs-version) ;=> "GNU Emacs 24.5 (Build 1) (i686-pc-mingw32) > of 2015-04-11 on LEG570" > > i.e., there are no changes in version-comparibility: > (version< emacs-version "24.5") continues to work, > (version< (emacs-version) "24.5") continues to fail. Ah, okay. Sorry for my confusion. > >> > It's actually part of a version number (which many other projects > >> > have, e.g., GDB just released version 7.12.1), except that we never > >> > release such versions, they exist only on end-users' machines. Other > >> > than that, there's nothing in it which is special to Emacs. > >> > >> I don't understand the comparison. A micro version number > >> (major.minor.micro) is not the same thing as Emacs's build number. > > > > I think it is. > > > > GDB 7.12.1 is a public release, the official NEWS file documents the > differences between that and 7.12. For Emacs, there is no well-defined > difference between 25.1.1 and 25.1.2, it could be different for every > person who builds it. Isn't that what I said above?