From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Colin Baxter Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs Versions: major, minor and ...? Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 06:14:21 +0100 Message-ID: <87mtra8taq.fsf@yandex.com> References: <87sg147b7g.fsf@yandex.com> <87sg12ocse.fsf@cock.li> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="24902"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) Cc: , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: mrf Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 28 07:15:03 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lxjbr-0006Jr-Gr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 28 Jun 2021 07:15:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34592 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lxjbq-0002LJ-EZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 28 Jun 2021 01:15:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60494) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lxjbM-0002KY-RD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Jun 2021 01:14:33 -0400 Original-Received: from forward101p.mail.yandex.net ([77.88.28.101]:51525) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lxjbJ-0004ie-HQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Jun 2021 01:14:32 -0400 Original-Received: from sas1-8418212adc37.qloud-c.yandex.net (sas1-8418212adc37.qloud-c.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:c08:1581:0:640:8418:212a]) by forward101p.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id 063503280EEF; Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:14:24 +0300 (MSK) Original-Received: from sas1-e00c2743cdb8.qloud-c.yandex.net (sas1-e00c2743cdb8.qloud-c.yandex.net [2a02:6b8:c14:3a22:0:640:e00c:2743]) by sas1-8418212adc37.qloud-c.yandex.net (mxback/Yandex) with ESMTP id u69CE6aWEj-ENHOHYri; Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:14:23 +0300 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.com; s=mail; t=1624857263; bh=a8yReCWaAn40UxsUmmqTQupaSSIYXRnxWj86TXU3H0Y=; h=In-Reply-To:Subject:To:From:Message-ID:Cc:Cc:Date:References; b=OGC34pY85HdTpM0IFAcRw/zPZEhaBCwrHtwBH0/V787P9jp5gANm9c//hCJMnsUn+ iKsK+NZccY59qM8isf15rWrGDvdvXXbQjmIJl1m2cCO1+qtUhHnZknGVECmyNKz2Fl D2P/DTXjFQbVypDU3tGm2MureyLzaOxbXW/djQJ0= Authentication-Results: sas1-8418212adc37.qloud-c.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.com Original-Received: by sas1-e00c2743cdb8.qloud-c.yandex.net (smtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id DBrKYPWntl-EM2i2tRl; Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:14:22 +0300 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client certificate not present) X-Face: BHjiJOg/Qmj'BQgsAKL@])L)e62P)C"Y=6T In-Reply-To: <87sg12ocse.fsf@cock.li> (mrf's message of "Mon, 28 Jun 2021 06:56:20 +0300") Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAEkAAAATAgMAAAChCMjeAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAACBj SFJNAAB6JgAAgIQAAPoAAACA6AAAdTAAAOpgAAA6mAAAF3CculE8AAAACVBMVEX/zAABCWP///8I RHjYAAAAAWJLR0QCZgt8ZAAAAAlwSFlzAAALEwAACxMBAJqcGAAAAAd0SU1FB+UFEAk5BvqS634A AAAbSURBVBjTY2BgCA1hYA0FAxDDgQEERsXoIAYA2F9Eb3cpB+AAAAAldEVYdGRhdGU6Y3JlYXRl ADIwMjEtMDUtMTZUMTA6NTY6MTcrMDE6MDCh/kkpAAAAJXRFWHRkYXRlOm1vZGlmeQAyMDIxLTA1 LTE2VDA5OjU3OjA2KzAxOjAwTyZ6HwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== Received-SPF: pass client-ip=77.88.28.101; envelope-from=m43cap@yandex.com; helo=forward101p.mail.yandex.net X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:131312 Archived-At: >>>>> mrf writes: > Colin Baxter writes: >> The current emacs development version is "28.0.5". I know that >> "28" is the value of the emacs-major-version variable and "0" is >> the value of the emacs-minor-version variable. I assume "5" is >> also the value of a variable, but what's its name? > The third number after the dots is called micro or in some > projects patch, please take a look at semantic versioning > (semver.org) and the book (Producing Open Source Software by karl > fogel) despite the name of this book the author (karl fogel) is > mentioning the relation between free software and open source and > uses the term to describe same thing, anyway this book explain at > chapter 7 the naming practices in software development. > In addition take look at the section that describe even/odd > (stable/unstable) strategy: > https://producingoss.com/en/development-cycle.html > BTW This is basic software engineering issue. Thanks for the information, even if in this particular case it's not directly appropriate for emacs. Best wishes,