> From: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 18:11:16 +0000
> Cc: 25107@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Or let me ask this: why does ispell-version at all exist? Perhaps I'm
> confused about its purpose.
>
> My understanding is that it exists for reporting bugs in the combination of ispell.el and whatever spell checker
> you are using. When ispell.el was distributed as third-party code, there were extra two useful pieces of
> information: the version of the spell-checker program, and the version of ispell.el.
Sorry, I goofed: I meant ispell-check-version, the command, when
invoked interactively -- what is its purpose? It sounds like you are
saying it no longer has any purpose as a command, is that true?