From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5744: 23.1.92; doc string of `version<' etc. Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:01:05 +0200 Message-ID: <83vdcph7vi.fsf@gnu.org> References: <4E614B66A7BE41B496EA061D77C80C2E@us.oracle.com> <87pr2yriq4.fsf@gmail.com> <9C18B608A91D4DE5B54FC6ACB722141C@us.oracle.com> <83y6hmhgb9.fsf@gnu.org> <878w9m1nro.fsf@home.jasonrumney.net> <83wrx6gvnt.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1269195996 2184 80.91.229.12 (21 Mar 2010 18:26:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:26:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: stepnem@gmail.com, 5744@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 21 19:26:32 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtPr2-0001pd-2k for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:26:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49885 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NtPr1-0001Ri-DD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:26:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NtPpo-0000oE-QM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:25:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60914 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NtPpl-0000ms-CQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:25:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtPpj-0002tC-Fn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:25:09 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:60040) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtPpj-0002t3-EL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:25:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtPSQ-0003IF-GY; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:01:02 -0400 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:01:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 5744 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5744-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5744.126919445712651 (code B ref 5744); Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:01:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5744) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Mar 2010 18:00:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtPSK-0003I0-PE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:00:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtPSJ-0003Hv-5n for 5744@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:00:56 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KZN00I008L2L300@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 5744@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:00:47 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.228.85.5]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KZN00GYD8PAUA60@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:00:46 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:01:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:35681 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Cc: , <5744@debbugs.gnu.org> > Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:18:01 -0700 > > It's not the names that are as important as communicating what they stand for. The best terminology is the one that doesn't need explaining, because it speaks for itself. > I, for instance, don't yet know what exactly is meant. Why the date of 4.3.4 > might be later than 4.4.1, even though the latter is "newer". If the 4.3 branch and the 4.4 branch are developed in parallel in some project, the chronological order between releases from the two branches is unpredictable. > Try explaining it (the concepts) first, in simple terms. Then the words (good > names) will come. These functions compare version strings in their numerical order, with some heuristics sprinkled on top. It's not easy to explain that in simple words, especially since the heuristics can be customized. Finding words that explain themselves will go a long way towards resolving this difficulty.