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.devel Subject: Re: Can't build previous versions of Emacs? 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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:292168 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > In my case, I never (or at least very rarely) care about building > exactly the actual release and I prefer building from the > `emacs-NN` branch. > > Typically the main purpose is to run some older Emacs to see if some > ELisp code works on that older version and the difference between > `emacs-NN` and the actual release is negligible in that case. I don't oppose checking in that fix on all the -NN branches, but I do care about building the exact versions a lot (when doing bug triage). -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no