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 06:12:38 +0200 Message-ID: <83wrx6gvnt.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> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1269145562 29999 80.91.229.12 (21 Mar 2010 04:26:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:26:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: stepnem@gmail.com, 5744@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jason Rumney Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 21 05:25:58 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 1NtCjc-0003mV-Ad for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:25:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48685 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NtCja-0003ct-Nb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:25:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NtCj1-0003JD-8S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:25:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=52529 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NtCit-0003Fl-J0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:25:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtCin-00008j-5M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:25:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:44353) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtCin-00008e-3m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:25:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtCX7-00062L-Lo; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:13:01 -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 04:13:01 +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=B5744.126914475023199 (code B ref 5744); Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:13:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5744) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Mar 2010 04:12:30 +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 1NtCWc-000628-JB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:12:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtCWZ-000623-MY for 5744@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:12:29 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KZM0090062C7M00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for 5744@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:12:23 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.70.182.236]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KZM0080J6CKX320@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:12:21 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <878w9m1nro.fsf@home.jasonrumney.net> 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 00:13:01 -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:35669 Archived-At: > From: Jason Rumney > Cc: Drew Adams , stepnem@gmail.com, 5744@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:12:11 +0800 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > With versions, it might be better to use "older" and "newer" instead. > > I don't think it is possible to come up with an algorithm for that. I didn't suggest to change the existing algorithm, only the doc string. > There may be maintainence branches still running after a new major > release (eg gcc 4.3.4 is newer than 4.4.1, despite being a lower > version). I didn't mean "newer" by its release date. 4.4.1 is "newer" than 4.3.4, no matter what their release dates are. Maybe "lower" and "higher" is indeed a better terminology. Or maybe we should use both, to drive the point home.