From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Setting the value of `emacs-bzr-version' also from a git checkout Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:40:19 +0300 Message-ID: <83eh7qra3g.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87a9is6g2a.fsf@igel.home> <87pprokewg.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83iox2rd75.fsf@gnu.org> <87bo2uhie3.fsf@wanadoo.es> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1381578041 22435 80.91.229.3 (12 Oct 2013 11:40:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 11:40:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ofv@wanadoo.es, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dani Moncayo Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 12 13:40:45 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VUxYq-0008A8-NV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:40:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57826 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUxYq-0004Rh-5b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 07:40:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:32998) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUxYj-0004Ra-4f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 07:40:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUxYd-0000IN-R9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 07:40:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:64827) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUxYd-0000IJ-JG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 07:40:31 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MUK00M000869Z00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:40:30 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MUK00MYF0FH9E10@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:40:30 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.169 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:164143 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:16:59 +0200 > From: Dani Moncayo > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , Stefan Monnier , > Emacs development discussions > > I was even asked to include that revnos in the binaries I publish, see: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2013-10/msg00002.html There's no such request in that message. There's a question there why the value of a variable is nil where it wasn't previously, that's all. Look, you are welcome to make it so the git repo has the relevant information to recreate also the revision numbers. But when you ask _others_ to do that job for you, please make sure it's really needed, and not just a nicety.