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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: `about-emacs' - what about the revno?
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:13:02 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mxs6lnqp.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6990DAECA86643A4B7C805869A145E52@us.oracle.com>

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:05:54 -0700
> 
> But please see the "If not..." part above.  I am interested in knowing which
> upcoming Windows binary will have a particular fix (e.g. identified by "revno
> 101110").  When communicating with bug-report filers, a date is perhaps more
> useful than just a revno (and users should not need to dig into change logs).
> Some users might be able to do something with a revno, but a date should be of
> some help to any user.

The bug database shows a date when the bug was fixed, doesn't it?  I'm
assuming, perhaps incorrectly, that the person who commits the fix for
a bug sends a mail to the bug tracker on the same day.



  reply	other threads:[~2010-08-28 16:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-28 15:38 `about-emacs' - what about the revno? Drew Adams
2010-08-28 15:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-08-28 16:05   ` Drew Adams
2010-08-28 16:13     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2010-08-28 16:34     ` Jason Rumney
2010-08-28 17:12   ` Óscar Fuentes
2010-08-28 19:06   ` Christoph
2010-08-29  4:56   ` Teemu Likonen
2010-08-30 15:41   ` Stefan Monnier
2010-08-30 16:22     ` Lennart Borgman
2010-08-30 16:27     ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-08-30 17:50       ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-08-30 19:20         ` Óscar Fuentes
2010-08-30 22:07           ` Stefan Monnier
2010-08-31  6:34         ` Andreas Schwab
2010-08-31 10:35           ` Stefan Monnier
2010-08-31 10:41             ` Andreas Schwab
2010-08-31 13:01               ` Stefan Monnier
2010-08-31 20:08                 ` Óscar Fuentes
2010-09-01  6:20                   ` Stefan Monnier
2010-08-31 14:02               ` Miles Bader
2010-08-31 16:56             ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-01  6:25               ` Stefan Monnier
2010-09-01  6:42                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-01  7:45                   ` Stefan Monnier
2010-09-01  8:41                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-08-31 16:58             ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-08-30 17:39     ` Óscar Fuentes
2010-08-30 17:58       ` Lennart Borgman
2010-08-30 22:08       ` Stefan Monnier
2010-08-30 22:45         ` Óscar Fuentes
2010-08-31  8:22           ` Stefan Monnier

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