From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Updating release version to 22.1 Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:59:32 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87vf92sqby.fsf@marant.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1107958372 24961 80.91.229.2 (9 Feb 2005 14:12:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:12:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, jmarant@free.fr, emacs-devel@gnu.org, "Kim F. Storm" , snogglethorpe@gmail.com, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 09 15:12:51 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cysa8-00064q-MZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 15:12:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cysog-0004Og-8z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:27:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CysnV-0003xh-Fq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:26:29 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CysnQ-0003vP-31 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:26:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CysnP-0003sN-L0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:26:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CysNa-0007vg-QB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 08:59:42 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CysJz-0005Bz-Sr; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 08:56:00 -0500 Original-To: bob@rattlesnake.com In-Reply-To: (Robert J. Chassell's message of "Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:32:32 +0000 (UTC)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) 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 X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:33136 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:33136 "Robert J. Chassell" writes: >> because what occured is that an extra real release was added in >> between the last real release and the designated next real release. > > Yes, consequently the designated next real release should be called > 21.5. Put another way, all the arguments made in the past for > incrementing the decimal digit after 21 still apply. Except that we now have the factual knowledge as well as the written explanation of Richard that there can be situations in which he will do a release without asking or telling anybody in advance, and these emergency releases will, in all likelihood due to his personal release scripts, carry the minor number incremented, and not be something like 21.4b or whatever. At the time where we discussed this last, there already had been considerable talk about 21.4, and the question was whether one should invalidate this without concrete reason. There has been no previous talk about 21.5, in contrast, and in view of the facts it would be foolish to make the same mistake again. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum