From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8054: 24.0.50; Who ever heard of a version number that doesn't change all year? Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:22:06 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87hbc4f8c2.fsf@jidanni.org> <87vd0fvfi5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1298155019 26907 80.91.229.12 (19 Feb 2011 22:36:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:36:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8054@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 19 23:36:54 2011 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 1PqvQ5-0000rU-Fi for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:36:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52891 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PqvQ4-0001ki-N8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:36:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44291 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PqvPt-0001j8-W4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:36:43 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PqvPs-0005PS-4R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:36:41 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:55256) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PqvPr-0005PM-VJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:36:40 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PqvCf-00012j-Su; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:23:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lennart Borgman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:23:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8054 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8054-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8054.12981541543970 (code B ref 8054); Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:23:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8054) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Feb 2011 22:22:34 +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 1PqvCD-00011y-SH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:22:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f44.google.com ([209.85.215.44]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PqvCC-00011m-2d for 8054@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:22:32 -0500 Original-Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so2179856ewy.3 for <8054@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:22:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8QvKDzyzCkfRUvGa+Txh4AqS5nor3NaEYp6au4HkFHw=; b=NDQ9jxO7Xmnv2JugOu6Oj9xrmIBEn1soCwxWmY2ZzeZp2uEIlUII4+Rx08T8OhWA8x 3GeGLynjhT0ef4YqUnv02120MArbkGYT9FObqLiGZ4JolyXxr83JAktK6impkLq/GmbA kQ97hPpoau8rfIyNQsdSrnXMZ1bSt3iuybELw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=tyMbW+uKB4Hj1YM1NS9buMk3fuxH/xZ2fylMuqKVwgUZo/WfiLHmJ/8ROpPSYd021n Yi/7/JMkERxVgRi4szFpGVddgTuLD3aKw98JykfPb/9ONeF/4SNGEP+losmxiNhkR25U rrv97YuyGKowVXjvrLXKogAq0ku5KuRWfe7JU= Original-Received: by 10.213.23.5 with SMTP id p5mr2647822ebb.81.1298154146126; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:22:26 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.213.29.212 with HTTP; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:22:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87vd0fvfi5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:23:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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: , 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:44267 Archived-At: On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Chong Yidong wrot= e: > Lennart Borgman writes: > >> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:54 PM, =C2=A0 wrote: >>> Gentlemen, let's face it, your version number, >>> emacs-version "24.0.50.1" >>> is a total disaster for use in e.g., report-emacs-bug. >> >> Yepp. I have suggested to use bzr ids instead. Which is what I am >> using in my patched version of EmacsW32 (so I have some code for w32 >> for it). >> >> I think this should be added to the makefiles. > > It would be rather annoying to change version.el or other working file > everything we make a bzr commit, so that's not a good idea. > > What we could do is to check if Emacs is being run from inside a bzr > working directory bound to a savannah.gnu.org location (e.g. trunk), and > use vc-bzr-current-revision to find and report that revision number. Yes, something like that is what I have in mind. > But such a feature would be pretty limited: it would not apply to anyone > working in a feature branch, Of course it should be extended to that. > nor would it apply to those running a "make > install"ed Emacs. Why not?