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#44225: This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in ... Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:35:23 +0100 Message-ID: <87imax46ms.fsf@gnus.org> References: <871rhlj310.5.fsf@jidanni.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37641"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 44225@debbugs.gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 26 11:48:02 2020 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 1kX02k-0009gE-99 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:48:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42194 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kX02j-0005Md-88 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 06:48:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45566) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kWzrC-0007Id-7p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 06:36:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:55238) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kWzr8-0000GV-Kk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 06:36:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kWzr8-0004Aw-HN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 06:36:02 -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, 26 Oct 2020 10:36:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 44225 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 44225-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B44225.160370853615999 (code B ref 44225); Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:36:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 44225) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Oct 2020 10:35:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38548 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kWzqh-00049z-NN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 06:35:35 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:40784) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kWzqf-00049k-7d for 44225@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 06:35:33 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID :In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To: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=ylofYQpZp4KrJHInmOv7kda9H540tQxyltiruFlsQ0o=; b=h7ShXF/o98SQr3ezlhWfuiDzTj jpGScFbocDJ5XtipHBZrxfdMZg/IkW6LOaHNl85R+0He15OILgQ2etXiwYBBUglkpfqFPwkoR/9kG i/nSSy2pcT1WKRMQSp8r7hUV9Im261gCMps67+G47jQod27a9FaAq7x8WuTArOkSW+QI=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kWzqW-0008GI-Um; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:35:27 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Matmos's _The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form (1): A Doughnut In The Sky_: "Virgin Unspotted" In-Reply-To: <871rhlj310.5.fsf@jidanni.org> ("=?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson"'s message of "Mon, 26 Oct 2020 07:31:55 +0800") 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:191558 Archived-At: =E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC Dan Jacobson writes: > Actually you could separately reveal: > Date/version when introduced. > Date/version when default value was changed. > Date/version when function guts last updated, or at least the > date/version of .el that it lives in. > etc. Most of this information could be rooted out from the source control, I guess, but the utility would be limited: If the development version changed a value on 2012-04-01, but it wasn't released until 2014-04-01, what's the point of giving one (or both or either) of these dates? And if the user wants to know the release dates of an Emacs release, there's always Duck Duck Go. Closing. --=20 (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no