Re: strange emacs 21.4 on ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/emacs

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Jérôme Marant <jmarant@free.fr> writes:

> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Under the premise that 21.4 as a release number is here to stay,
>> version numbers all over the trunk will have to be changed, again.
>> IIRC, it was a work of several days for a single volunteer last
>> time.  This work is not immediately tied to a release.  If the
>> release system/scripts don't accommodate emergency releases like
>> 21.3a, as established facts make it appear, then it would seem that
>> we better keep 21.5 off from both announcements and code, as the
>> number might be needed sooner than anticipated.
>
> Since it is too late, it would be better to take the opportunity to
> adopt a sane numbering scheme right now which would take emacs-devel
> away from such troubles in the future, like numbering the next
> release as 22.1 instead of 21.5 (saner and more consistant).

Actually, that was supposed to be my proposal, even though I managed
not actually mentioning it in so many words.  Sorry for that.

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