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#39940: The variable operating-system-release Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 07:26:10 +0100 Message-ID: <87zh0suum5.fsf@gnus.org> References: <5dblpawa8s.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <835zfiudxx.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="27398"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Glenn Morris , 39940@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 29 07:27:12 2021 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 1l5NFQ-00072E-00 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 29 Jan 2021 07:27:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43442 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l5NFP-0001J8-26 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 29 Jan 2021 01:27:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46472) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l5NFH-0001Is-AO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jan 2021 01:27:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39394) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l5NFF-0006XG-QO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jan 2021 01:27:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l5NFF-0001L2-Mi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jan 2021 01:27:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 06:27:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 39940 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 39940-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B39940.16119015875086 (code B ref 39940); Fri, 29 Jan 2021 06:27:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 39940) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jan 2021 06:26:27 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50937 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l5NEg-0001Jx-66 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jan 2021 01:26:27 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:42082) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l5NEd-0001Jd-6U for 39940@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jan 2021 01:26:24 -0500 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=NRFC7PoP2fxfF1AWzI0kUtUOprhp/0AbkmmNdUzylWo=; b=ZJQI6CEAW/oQX0YV1nDhvfB+vf E/7CpOfbx6ARaaGN448Fabo8ABnGxUxt5SlCamHgApouZ04CB0inG6Tplidwb2PKDOdVr0/na8xOw KDW/QS4zt7Mw+PtrNo54OZlacM4gmGs/J8kNGkh3/8iPtHuqP5h3OFSAIcX9zsGWbrsc=; 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 1l5NER-000066-Rg; Fri, 29 Jan 2021 07:26:16 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Coil's _The Gay Man's Guide To Safe Sex + 2_: "Alternative Theme From The Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex" In-Reply-To: <835zfiudxx.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:42:34 +0200") 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:198845 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > Some relevant information: > > This variable was added due to the issues discussed in this old > thread: > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2005-01/msg00629.html I did not read the complete thread, but I guess the upshot is that we're not going to obsolete this variable. I have altered the doc string to say what it actually is, though. > See also > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2005-01/msg00835.html > > (I guess I never got any responses, and so the documentation never > happened ;-) This bit in particular: > Finally, and most importantly, if we add the call to uname, why not > store all of the info it returns in some Lisp data structure, not just > the OS release? That is a good question, and would be a better design than just this single variable. But I guess that nobody has requested the rest of the data? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no