From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
Tom Willemse <tom@ryuslash.org>
Cc: 14941-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14941: [Patch] Lighten up wrt version specification
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 08:42:00 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ba1e930a-28c2-454b-8bc2-0b2d7ab8d012@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwveh26z0hl.fsf-monnier+bug#14941@gnu.org>
> I installed this hunk, but not the other.
IOW, you did not fix bug #14941. Neither the "this hunk" nor "the
other" you refer to are part of the bug 14941 thread; they are part of
#15108. Please change bug #14941 to "wont-fix", which correctly reflects
its new status.
> If a "Version:" header is missing, it should stay as an error, because
> package.el relies heavily on version numbers.
There is no such "because" - illogical. That package.el relies heavily
on version numbers is irrelevant. It need not rely on the presence of
a `Version:' specification to nevertheless rely on a version number.
It need simply consider lack of an explicit `Version:' spec as
specifying version 0. It is reasonable to have a default behavior,
and that is the right default value.
As for `Version: ' vs `Version: 0': As the bug #14941 report says, an
empty version field can indicate - to human readers - that the file is
not versioned. For package.el it means only that any version will do
when the file is required. But to humans it can indicate more: that the
file is not versioned. This is a minor point, but there is no reason
for package.el to require the explicit "0".
It's a program. It can assume "0" for an empty field here, just as it
can assume `Version: 0' for no version spec.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-13 15:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-23 17:32 bug#14941: 24.3.50; package.el should lighten up wrt version specification Drew Adams
2014-02-20 23:19 ` bug#14941: [Patch] Lighten " Tom Willemse
2014-03-13 13:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-03-13 15:42 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2014-03-13 22:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-03-13 23:57 ` Drew Adams
2014-03-14 13:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-03-16 22:15 ` Drew Adams
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