From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8054: 24.0.50; Who ever heard of a version number that doesn't change all year? Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:06:04 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87hbc4f8c2.fsf@jidanni.org> <87vd0fvfi5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87mxlrvf2p.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87y5v63utt.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1322118403 19918 80.91.229.12 (24 Nov 2011 07:06:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:06:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8054@debbugs.gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 24 08:06:39 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RTTOH-00060s-7f for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:06:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55262 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RTTOG-00074F-9n for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:06:36 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:51618) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RTTOD-00074A-Vh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:06:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RTTOD-0000DI-6C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:06:33 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34985) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RTTOD-0000DE-3X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:06:33 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RTTPe-00050b-Bf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:08:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:08:02 +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: patch pending Original-Received: via spool by 8054-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8054.132211846119224 (code B ref 8054); Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:08:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8054) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Nov 2011 07:07:41 +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 1RTTPI-000500-D7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:07:41 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RTTPG-0004zt-5O for 8054@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:07:39 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RTTNl-0006oz-Pi; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:06:05 -0500 X-Spook: halcon Marxist offensive information warfare kilderkin X-Ran: 1Z~jG:AP=1DG!OR/gn9p!lv0b\m68d@O[nxUk=_vkIWIEZ"lIR==Jk&M7LV^%_Db+0=P(r X-Hue: black X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <87y5v63utt.fsf@gnu.org> (Chong Yidong's message of "Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:20:30 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:08:02 -0500 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:54255 Archived-At: Chong Yidong wrote: >> Here's a patch to define an `emacs-bzr-version' during dumping and >> include it in bug reports. > > I think this would need the branch name too, in order to be useful. Really? At present, emacs-bzr-version will contain something like: 106501 rgm@gnu.org-20111124035909-rx8lttx9f1j29t69 So it's not just a revision number. The second bit is "a globally unique identifier for the revision so that it can be referred to without ambiguity". But it's trivial to add eg parent_location from branch.conf, if you really think this is necessary.