From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `about-emacs' - what about the revno? Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:13:02 +0300 Message-ID: <83mxs6lnqp.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83occmlogo.fsf@gnu.org> <6990DAECA86643A4B7C805869A145E52@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1283011898 5776 80.91.229.12 (28 Aug 2010 16:11:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:11:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 28 18:11:36 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OpO0F-0002HR-4d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:11:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53070 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OpO0A-0005F6-Mv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:11:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43407 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OpNzm-0005CJ-E0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:11:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OpNzi-00023Y-0c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:11:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:55985) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OpNzh-00023K-Pk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:11:01 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0L7V00200E47CA00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:11:00 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.93.239]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0L7V001XAEABG4E0@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:11:00 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <6990DAECA86643A4B7C805869A145E52@us.oracle.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:129344 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Cc: > Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:05:54 -0700 > > But please see the "If not..." part above. I am interested in knowing which > upcoming Windows binary will have a particular fix (e.g. identified by "revno > 101110"). When communicating with bug-report filers, a date is perhaps more > useful than just a revno (and users should not need to dig into change logs). > Some users might be able to do something with a revno, but a date should be of > some help to any user. The bug database shows a date when the bug was fixed, doesn't it? I'm assuming, perhaps incorrectly, that the person who commits the fix for a bug sends a mail to the bug tracker on the same day.