From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25590: Remove build number from emacs-version variable Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:32:21 +0200 Message-ID: <83k29372t6.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1svasvru4x.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83r33e8doa.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1486396524 3519 195.159.176.226 (6 Feb 2017 15:55:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 15:55:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 25590@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 06 16:55:20 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cald8-0008Ph-Mr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 16:55:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49152 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1caldC-0008J9-Mk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:55:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37873) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1calHt-0007Is-Qx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:33:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1calHp-0000h1-Ta for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:33:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:59754) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1calHp-0000gx-Ps for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:33:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1calHp-00076G-Kj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:33:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2017 15:33:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25590 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 25590-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25590.148639515627259 (code B ref 25590); Mon, 06 Feb 2017 15:33:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25590) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Feb 2017 15:32:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57953 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1calHQ-00075b-Cg for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:32:36 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46735) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1calHO-00075O-MD for 25590@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:32:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1calHG-0000LU-Id for 25590@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:32:29 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:50448) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1calHG-0000LP-GO for 25590@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:32:26 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4571 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1calHE-0000Zo-AL; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:32:24 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Glenn Morris on Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:45:34 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:129031 Archived-At: > From: Glenn Morris > Cc: 25590@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:45:34 -0500 > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > If we do the above, we should make sure version-comparison functions > > treat something like "25.2 (build 4)" correctly. > > I disagree that this is desirable. Can you explain why? My reasoning was that if "25.2.4" is replaced by "25.2 (build 4)", then Lisp code that compares version (e.g., I have such code in my .emacs) will not work properly unless the version-comparison functions are updated to support such values. > > It's actually part of a version number (which many other projects > > have, e.g., GDB just released version 7.12.1), except that we never > > release such versions, they exist only on end-users' machines. Other > > than that, there's nothing in it which is special to Emacs. > > I don't understand the comparison. A micro version number > (major.minor.micro) is not the same thing as Emacs's build number. I think it is.