From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [jerome.marant@free.fr: Re: Possible help with stable Emacs releases.] Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:11:38 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <01c4a6f7$Blat.v2.2.2$8c5c2b00@zahav.net.il> References: <1096291271.415813c757a26@imp6-q.free.fr> <20040927134714.GA20012@fencepost> <87hdphx91c.fsf@trouble.defaultvalue.org> <87655wswkv.fsf@trouble.defaultvalue.org> <1096489325.415b196d95987@imp3-q.free.fr> <200409300053.i8U0rWh20758@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1096554008 9381 80.91.229.6 (30 Sep 2004 14:20:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:20:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jerome.marant@free.fr, rlb@defaultvalue.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 30 16:19:51 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CD1mh-0004Jg-00 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:19:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CD1t5-00044O-Iy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:26:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CD1sy-00043i-1o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:26:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CD1sx-00043W-M0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:26:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CD1sx-00043T-JX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:26:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.15] (helo=balder.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CD1mR-0006nB-7Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:19:35 -0400 Original-Received: from zaretski ([80.230.152.240]) by balder.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.7-GR) with ESMTP id DUR33470 (AUTH halo1); Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:14:24 +0200 (IST) Original-To: storm@cua.dk X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 2.2.2 In-reply-to: (storm@cua.dk) 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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:27702 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:27702 > From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) > Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:36:33 +0200 > Cc: jerome.marant@free.fr, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, > monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, rlb@defaultvalue.org, miles@gnu.org > > CVS emacs currently has emacs-version 21.3.50.12 or similar, so > what need changing? I might be missing something, but don't we assume somewhere that X.Y.Z.NN version signals a pretest, while X.Y.NN signals a released version? Anyway, what's wrong with the current scheme that we need to abandon it, and how does the suggested 3-component scheme improves that to a degree that justifies additional work (to fix all those places that will need fixing)?