From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10838: 24.0.92; package.el shows a misleading version number Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:46:48 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87wr7l7174.fsf@hagelb.org> <87pqddj9gf.fsf@hagelb.org> <87d393sczm.fsf@hagelb.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1330163264 19453 80.91.229.3 (25 Feb 2012 09:47:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:47:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10838@debbugs.gnu.org To: Phil Hagelberg Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 25 10:47:43 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S1EE8-0004Wn-4b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:47:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59579 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S1EE7-0002e3-4m for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:47:39 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:32963) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S1EDy-0002dh-Tf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:47:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S1EDs-00009C-D5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:47:30 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:53222) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S1EDs-000095-9r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:47:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S1EGQ-0000uw-9A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:50:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:50:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10838 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10838-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10838.13301633723485 (code B ref 10838); Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:50:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10838) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Feb 2012 09:49:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55119 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S1EFw-0000uA-BY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:49:32 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183]:1085) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S1EFt-0000u0-9U for 10838@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:49:30 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AicFAKU/KE9MCodT/2dsb2JhbACBX5x7eYhwnhmGGQSGUJRJhAs X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.73,1,1325480400"; d="scan'208";a="164543828" Original-Received: from 76-10-135-83.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.135.83]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 25 Feb 2012 04:46:49 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E3BA559673; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:46:48 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87d393sczm.fsf@hagelb.org> (Phil Hagelberg's message of "Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:23:09 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:57228 Archived-At: > The problem is there are many versions claiming to be 0.9. The original > one on tromey.com (which did not support multiple sources) probably has > the best claim of being "the real 0.9". I think Chong's suggestion of > releasing 24 with package.el 1.0 makes sense, and if we decide to > backport a few changes for official 23-compatibility it could be 0.9.1 > or something. >From what I understand, our package.el is the authoritative package.el, so it can just use Emacs's own version number: no need to name it "version 1.0". As for the one that works with Emacs-23: it's just a stop-gap, so it really doesn't matter what it's called and whether or not it's based on our code: as long as it exists and works well enough, we're set. Stefan