From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: `about-emacs' - what about the revno? Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:38:15 -0700 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1283010658 901 80.91.229.12 (28 Aug 2010 15:50:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:50:58 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 28 17:50:56 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OpNgF-0007n8-2R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:50:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39239 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OpNVo-0007rA-2o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:40:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=41836 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OpNVe-0007o1-Os for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:40:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OpNVc-00064W-M3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:39:58 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:48229) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OpNVc-00064P-FU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:39:56 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id o7SFds8h014443 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:39:55 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt355.oracle.com (acsmt355.oracle.com [141.146.40.155]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id o7SFPgku016695 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:39:53 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt020.oracle.com by acsmt353.oracle.com with ESMTP id 541131571283009893; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:38:13 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.221.84) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:38:13 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: ActGxwgkNXgxn4NwRKm735i9QfQrEQ== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5931 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:129341 Archived-At: When a bug that I filed gets fixed, sometimes the developer who fixes it lets me know which "revno" it is fixed in. E.g. "This bug is now fixed (revno 101110)." I do not build Emacs myself, and I have no idea what the "revno" corresponds to or how/where to find it in an existing Emacs build (binary). When I do `C-h C-a', or when I submit a bug, I see only an identifier like this: GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2010-08-16 on 3249CTO If the "revno" is important info for identifying an Emacs build, then perhaps we should include it in such user-facing info. If not, then perhaps developers could refer in some other way (by date?) to the code that contains a given fix.