From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#38657: 27.0.50; Report build date in version Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 11:58:24 +0200 Message-ID: <87h75gpo3j.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87bls5u6a7.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="5716"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 38657@debbugs.gnu.org To: noah Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon May 23 11:59:14 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nt4qH-0001Jh-Pd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 23 May 2022 11:59:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54004 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nt4qG-0003z8-Pc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 23 May 2022 05:59:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41840) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nt4q6-0003tg-71 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 May 2022 05:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:53447) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nt4q5-0002fk-Tt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 May 2022 05:59:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nt4q5-0005Bz-Tk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 May 2022 05:59:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 09:59:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 38657 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 38657-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B38657.165329991719909 (code B ref 38657); Mon, 23 May 2022 09:59:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 38657) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 May 2022 09:58:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47339 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nt4ph-0005B3-6b for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 23 May 2022 05:58:37 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:50034) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nt4pe-0005Ak-C0 for 38657@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 23 May 2022 05:58:36 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=IPs3C+bIUS+75hEJO0TOxKXN0EEmGE7Wg/EcPJvRhKI=; b=sceJddEGloKPlgV/2/IstIdnU5 7vO7alIEtIkPSnMMZ1r9UUd1u3Poe0m2Bs0HiblCLPTOLMaKehTEXp0NWm/Sgm6ghVQlSoh/tW7NK FTPIV+dendPxEQqKJP5LDf0CyPG0cCVLFB4UahyWE//uP0wYKKljp412lqqN6oTB9t2E=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nt4pV-0000aT-Df; Mon, 23 May 2022 11:58:27 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Kid Montana, Anna Domino's _Ni d'eve, ni d'adam_: "The Last Love Song" In-Reply-To: <87bls5u6a7.fsf@gmail.com> (noah's message of "Wed, 18 Dec 2019 08:12:16 -0500") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:232943 Archived-At: noah writes: > I think this is probably the wrong mailing list, as this > isn't a bug, but a question/request about the pre-existing > behaviour of emacs --version output. > > Personally, I think it would be useful to report the build > date/git tag on the dev version on emacs, eg. something like > > emacs --version > GNU Emacs 27.0.50-d55f2f74f5(2019-12-15) > > I realize this could be totally non-standard and break various > other features, but I find myseff using an alias to retrieve > this info from the command line occasionally (eg. emacs --eval ...). > I think appending the git tag at least is somewhat common. I think including this in the output would be nice, but perhaps not in that form. So I've added a line like the following to Emacs 29: Development version 4766fe1daf9f on master branch; build date 2022-05-23. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no