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> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:31:58 -0500
> 
> >> Emacs pretest 23.0.90 is now available for download via FTP, at the
> >> following location:
> >> 
> >> http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/emacs-23.0.90.tar.gz
> 
> > Thanks.
> 
> > But ".90"? boy, that _is_ ambitious (or exceedingly optimistic)!
> 
> Oh, yes, I forgot this nonsense as well.  We should write it down:
> 
> - the pretest start at .90
> - after .99 comes .990
> 
> It's been that way for more than 10 years.

Major releases with so many changes started at .70, IIRC.