From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Installing the Emacs executable Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:20:33 -0400 Message-ID: References: <83fvyq4es6.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1366132843 18045 80.91.229.3 (16 Apr 2013 17:20:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:20:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 16 19:20:43 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1US9Ye-0005wd-RJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:20:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49487 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1US9Ye-0004qU-DI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:20:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33730) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1US9Ya-0004oG-Pi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:20:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1US9YZ-0001rl-H0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:20:36 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42127) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1US9YZ-0001rh-Ef for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:20:35 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1US9YX-0002QN-Vg; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:20:34 -0400 X-Spook: spies national information infrastructure Rule Psix BCCI X-Ran: f_et{fpu~t>da1F*U[g7&K]o\1jyBn#%}sX9_U'y*^"Bc,*>om=(l:#W?"mcU9}gi8] X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:158956 Archived-At: Andreas Schwab wrote: > Eli Zaretskii writes: > >> Is this done on purpose? Why isn't the binary named the same as its >> DOC, i.e. emacs-24.3.50.nn? > > I'd rather see the build number removed at all. I agree with you (IIUC what you are saying); I've never found it useful. (IIRC rms is/was a fan of it.)