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: strange emacs 21.4 on ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/emacs Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 23:44:25 +0100 Message-ID: References: <73766b120502070245671f77ee@mail.gmail.com> <87brawmmzp.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87oeewl61w.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87wttkt4o5.fsf@marant.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1107816432 11243 80.91.229.2 (7 Feb 2005 22:47:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 22:47:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 07 23:47:11 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CyHea-0008E6-A1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 23:46:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CyHsm-00067H-HR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 18:01:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CyHpj-00050C-0G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:58:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CyHpg-0004z8-Be for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:58:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CyHpe-0004y4-Eh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:58:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CyHcK-00038G-N5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:44:28 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CyHZ2-0004Xw-DH; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:41:04 -0500 Original-To: =?iso-8859-1?q?J=E9r=F4me_Marant?= In-Reply-To: <87wttkt4o5.fsf@marant.org> ( =?iso-8859-1?q?J=E9r=F4me_Marant's_message_of?= "Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:56:42 +0100") 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:33060 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:33060 J=E9r=F4me Marant writes: > David Kastrup 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. --=20 David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum