On Jan 4, 2016 5:35 AM, "Michael Albinus" <michael.albinus@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Tramp needs its version string at different places. Therefore, the
> version is kept only in configure.ac.

Would it be possible to keep it in tramp.el instead, and retrieve it using
`lm-version'?

> Alternatively, the package manager could retrieve the Version: header
> from another file but tramp.el. trampver.el carries it already.

Indeed. This might even be possible already, I'm not sure.