From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: help system question Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:35:29 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1167211521.097281.239230@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1167227736.408325.258730@a3g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> <1167598858.494283.278150@s34g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1167656440.834393.143110@a3g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167773761 19870 80.91.229.12 (2 Jan 2007 21:36:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 21:36:01 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 02 22:35:58 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H1rIP-0004kH-SD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:35:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H1rIP-0002n9-A8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:35:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H1rIB-0002m9-Tu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:35:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H1rI9-0002if-KC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:35:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H1rI9-0002iG-Dw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:35:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H1rI8-00012C-V8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:35:29 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-83-130-254-190.inter.net.il [83.130.254.190]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id GRZ55637 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 23:35:24 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <1167656440.834393.143110@a3g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> (rthorpe@realworldtech.com) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:40106 Archived-At: > From: "Robert Thorpe" > Date: 1 Jan 2007 05:00:40 -0800 > > > > I don't see a problem here (or misunderstand you): the current Emacs > > 22 versions are numbered 22.0.NN, so when 22.1 is released, they will > > know it's newer. > > Yes, but the implication is that it's only 0.5 of a version number > newer. No, it's one minor version newer. Micro version numbers are reserved for different builds of the same version. > That doesn't indicate that the official v22.1 should be > significantly more bug tested than 22.0.NN ones were. Who said it's significantly more bug-free? As someone who participates in Emacs pretests since v19.30, I cannot in good faith say that the official version is so much more stable than the pretest one.