From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>,
Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Can't build previous versions of Emacs?
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 20:41:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y1wvo7ue.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv4jzjfspe.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 14 Jul 2022 14:38:34 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> In my case, I never (or at least very rarely) care about building
> exactly the actual release and I prefer building from the
> `emacs-NN` branch.
>
> Typically the main purpose is to run some older Emacs to see if some
> ELisp code works on that older version and the difference between
> `emacs-NN` and the actual release is negligible in that case.
I don't oppose checking in that fix on all the -NN branches, but I do
care about building the exact versions a lot (when doing bug triage).
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-07-14 18:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-14 3:23 Can't build previous versions of Emacs? Eric Abrahamsen
2022-07-14 3:33 ` Po Lu
2022-07-14 16:13 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-07-14 17:07 ` Ulrich Mueller
2022-07-14 17:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-14 18:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-07-14 18:23 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-14 18:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-07-14 18:41 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2022-07-14 19:33 ` Andreas Schwab
2022-07-14 21:52 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-15 9:47 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-15 13:37 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-16 10:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-16 11:03 ` Po Lu
2022-07-16 11:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-16 11:17 ` Ulrich Mueller
2022-07-16 12:49 ` Po Lu
2022-07-16 13:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-16 14:54 ` Ulrich Mueller
2022-07-16 16:10 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-14 23:30 ` T.V Raman
2022-07-15 14:03 ` andrés ramírez
2022-07-15 14:50 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-15 15:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-07-16 20:59 ` Karl Berry
2022-07-17 0:49 ` Po Lu
2022-07-17 5:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-07-17 8:04 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-07-17 8:53 ` Po Lu
2022-07-17 8:56 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-07-17 9:27 ` Po Lu
[not found] ` <DM6PR03MB3803454A10E226097F5A3877A68D9@DM6PR03MB3803.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
[not found] ` <83wncbq2ya.fsf@gnu.org>
2022-07-17 15:44 ` andrés ramírez
2022-07-14 19:02 ` Alan Mackenzie
2022-07-14 17:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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