From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yoni Rabkin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: version numbers in ELPA Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:51:05 -0500 Message-ID: <87mtw25k46.fsf@rabkins.net> References: <87h7ma8vrs.fsf@rabkins.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6501"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 18 01:02:04 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lCWlg-0001aM-2d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 01:02:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39294 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCWle-0000T8-VB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:02:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52690) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCWb8-0004h5-Gr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:51:10 -0500 Original-Received: from smtprelay0127.hostedemail.com ([216.40.44.127]:40946 helo=smtprelay.hostedemail.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCWb6-0007MT-Tr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:51:10 -0500 Original-Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (clb03-v110.bra.tucows.net [216.40.38.60]) by smtprelay03.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81E74837F24A for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 23:51:07 +0000 (UTC) X-Session-Marker: 796F6E69407261626B696E732E6E6574 X-HE-Tag: humor56_57076d527650 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 2045 Original-Received: from greenriver.rabkins.net (c-73-238-99-162.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [73.238.99.162]) (Authenticated sender: yoni@rabkins.net) by omf17.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 23:51:07 +0000 (UTC) X-Ethics: Use GNU In-Reply-To: (chad's message of "Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:28:25 -0800") Received-SPF: none client-ip=216.40.44.127; envelope-from=yoni@rabkins.net; helo=smtprelay.hostedemail.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:265114 Archived-At: chad writes: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 9:12 AM Yoni Rabkin wrote: > >> >> So when I release 2.02, it will probably turn into 2.2... which might be >> confusing if I ever try to release an actual 2.2.... > > > This text implies that you were at least thinking about releasing a > version 2.2 and expecting users to think that it was something different > from version 2.02. Is that true, or were you maybe just surprised that the > leading zero was dropped? If the latter, you're in pretty good company, and > the help for version-to-list and version-regexp-alist will be helpful. If > the former... please don't do that? :-) I was indeed surprised that the zero was dropped; in my head 2.02 is a different number than 2.2. In fact, Emacs itself tells me that the difference between 2.2 and 2.02 is exactly... um 0.18000000000000016... I am in no way complaining or asking for changing anything. Just wanted clarification. I've already gone ahead and changed the way I version rt-liberation to simply "X.Y". -- "Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice"