From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Windows Snapshots Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2017 19:03:20 +0000 Message-ID: <87a7z2l18n.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <87bmjiqwtg.fsf@russet.org.uk> <03ec07d5-bdb9-4ffc-afb7-b77f45e2d852@default> <87efoel4cf.fsf@russet.org.uk> <977a243b-b55d-46d2-bc59-65af975f28d1@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1512158716 1794 195.159.176.226 (1 Dec 2017 20:05:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 20:05:16 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.90 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 01 21:05:12 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eKrYb-00006B-O4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 21:05:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60472 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKrYj-0004hi-0z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 15:05:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33049) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKqat-0006eF-W6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:03:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKqap-0007aQ-N4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:03:28 -0500 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([78.129.138.110]:41493) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKqap-0007Z9-Df for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:03:23 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=russet.org.uk; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=5wD2AlV979l6diFNQx2F3VUQJOgVOj5eRc2lhT4+hHg=; b=EmnCYvX1BhJz5U9BogLqt5Tkc mC5NA6meCvFj2TmT8U2OJrexpBiGwdTzg4BiIOYffoQStDRfQSF+Gec2PbkqGlwp007dsPg+n2rSs 9Ox8jHBulca672mh/bAKQg7heK6ZvrheOojO/sZrjEyLU2MEKaNQ5Cw6QZCWQehNIgUnMh7Nwrcu+ VpelHwLER3G+3hRz2G+rnvwBo0PtPGAiJl8oSFen5w9FJhLN37IyJOudE2i+Av/r77HQsHVQmqVgg YL59W9Md/Mk6nQ2Vz2TPzW4ch3P5pipeofe1fYIq/729Tp9eHnvlOZjXto27zQ8HxHer56SwbpIuL DrOG0cNSw==; Original-Received: from cpc8-benw10-2-0-cust100.16-2.cable.virginm.net ([92.233.204.101]:60400 helo=russet.org.uk) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eKqan-0001sN-JR; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 19:03:21 +0000 In-Reply-To: <977a243b-b55d-46d2-bc59-65af975f28d1@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 1 Dec 2017 10:20:48 -0800 (PST)") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cloud103.planethippo.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - russet.org.uk X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cloud103.planethippo.com: authenticated_id: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Authenticated-Sender: cloud103.planethippo.com: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 78.129.138.110 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:220585 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: >> They are all Emacs-27 snapshot code. > > Dunno what "Emacs-27 snapshot code" means. A snapshot is > typicaly something passive: one frame from a time stream. > > Presumably you wanted to communicate that they each install > Emacs reflecting the source code at a given moment in time. > But that's clear anyway from the dates. True. I could drop snapshot and leave the name, although "snapshot" is pretty commonly used to mean "not a proper release". > Anyway, it was just a suggestion, to help avoid confusion. > Call them freds, if you like. I think it's a good idea actually. Gnus used (perhaps still does) to have funky names for releases -- ding, oort and that sort of thing. Perhaps, we should be the same for Emacs. "Fred" for Emacs-27, "Bob" for Emacs-28? Good idea or what? Phil