Re: strange emacs 21.4 on ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/emacs

["Jérôme Marant" <jmarant@free.fr>]

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> Under the premise that 21.4 as a release number is here to stay,
> version numbers all over the trunk will have to be changed, again.
> IIRC, it was a work of several days for a single volunteer last time.
> This work is not immediately tied to a release.  If the release
> system/scripts don't accommodate emergency releases like 21.3a, as
> established facts make it appear, then it would seem that we better
> keep 21.5 off from both announcements and code, as the number might be
> needed sooner than anticipated.

Since it is too late, it would be better to take the opportunity to
adopt a sane numbering scheme right now which would take emacs-devel
away from such troubles in the future, like numbering the next release
as 22.1 instead of 21.5 (saner and more consistant).

Cheers,

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Jérôme Marant