From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Angelo Graziosi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A little suggestion Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:05:22 +0100 Message-ID: <4B431CF2.4080408@alice.it> References: <4B4315DB.9090302@alice.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1262689562 15754 80.91.229.12 (5 Jan 2010 11:06:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:06:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 05 12:05:54 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from terminus-est.gnu.org ([66.92.78.210] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NS7EV-0004Ek-GL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:05:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44014 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NS7EU-0006yF-1U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:05:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NS7EL-0006vU-BR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:05:41 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NS7EE-0006lc-If for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:05:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53980 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NS7EE-0006lQ-CI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:05:34 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp-out26.alice.it ([85.33.2.26]:4889) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NS7ED-0006lC-RF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:05:34 -0500 Original-Received: from FBCMMO02.fbc.local ([192.168.68.196]) by smtp-out26.alice.it with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:05:28 +0100 Original-Received: from FBCMCL01B04.fbc.local ([192.168.69.85]) by FBCMMO02.fbc.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:05:28 +0100 Original-Received: from [82.57.155.173] ([82.57.155.173]) by FBCMCL01B04.fbc.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:05:25 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; it; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091204 Thunderbird/3.0 In-Reply-To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Jan 2010 11:05:25.0352 (UTC) FILETIME=[FB723E80:01CA8DF6] X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:119426 Archived-At: Il 05/01/2010 11.40, Lennart Borgman ha scritto: > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Angelo Graziosi > wrote: >> In Emacs, Help | About Emacs, there is written: >> >> "GNU Emacs 23.1.91.1 (i686-pc-cygwin, GTK+ Version 2.18.3) >> of 2010-01-05 on..." >> >> Why, in the development stage, not adding the revision number? i.e.: >> >> "GNU Emacs 23.1.91.1 rev. 99259..." >> >> In GCC, for example, this happens. > > > I wonder if it is possible? Is it well defined? > > Perhaps the beginning and ending time of the checkout could be used > instead? But I wonder if they are available either. Shouldn't writing 'rev. 99259' in some .bzr files be enough? For example, when building, if it finds 'rev. 99259', it generates: "GNU Emacs 23.1.91.1 rev. 99259..." else if it finds 'release', it gives: "GNU Emacs 23.2 release..." I am sure Emacs guys have better ideas. :-) Thanks, Angelo.