From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus version numbers Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:49:06 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20040831224603.GB6230@fencepost> <20040904132456.GA16964@fencepost> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1094838602 26491 80.91.224.253 (10 Sep 2004 17:50:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:50:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 10 19:49:48 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C5pWu-0006wZ-00 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:49:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C5pcI-0004mV-76 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:55:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C5pc9-0004mQ-Se for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:55:13 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C5pc6-0004mE-5a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:55:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C5pc6-0004mB-21 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:55:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C5pWc-0007t2-CN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:49:30 -0400 Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA1A5B30288; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:49:07 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 6C6148CA23; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:49:07 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Reiner Steib's message of "Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:29:49 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=0, requis 5) X-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca 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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:26981 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:58442 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:26981 > One possible problem with using the additional minor number (5.11.1 > instead of 5.11) is that `gnus-continuum-version' of 5.11.1 is greater > than that of all No Gnus versions: Seeing how the Gnus and Emacs code are now "the same", I think we may as well call Emacs's Gnus code "5.10.1" (or some such). Why use a different number and then have to explain "5.11 is just the same as 5.10 except it's the version that comes with Emacs". Stefan