From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release plans Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:32:23 -0400 Message-ID: <87vdykjzug.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87r69wcxn7.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <871w18cza2.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1217619201 25131 80.91.229.12 (1 Aug 2008 19:33:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:33:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 01 21:34:11 2008 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 4.50) id 1KP0O8-0006Tl-76 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:34:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37920 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KP0NC-0008PA-8S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:33:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KP0MT-0007h9-Iz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:32:25 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KP0MR-0007ei-LL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:32:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40557 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KP0MR-0007eG-Fl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:32:23 -0400 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]:59307 helo=cyd) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KP0MQ-0004T7-VR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:32:23 -0400 Original-Received: by cyd (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F0C0857E339; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:32:23 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <871w18cza2.fsf@gmail.com> (Jay Belanger's message of "Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:26:29 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:101920 Archived-At: Jay Belanger writes: >> Just a reminder: we will begin the feature freeze for Emacs 23.1 at the >> end of this month. > > A while back, I came across a note saying that any package that is > developed within Emacs shouldn't have it's own version numbering. I've > looked in vain for that note, but have been unable to find it. However, > Calc is now a fully owned subsidiary of Emacs, Inc., so is there any > reason why Calc should have its own version number? Quite a few packages use their own version numbers. I think some maintainers find these helpful for, e.g., distinguishing between the versions in the Emacs tree and those distributed seperately.