From: Stephen Gildea <stepheng+emacs@gildea.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>,
32931@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org
Subject: bug#32931: time-stamp-format: offer numeric time zones too
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 12:57:49 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9939.1573160269@tigger3.sg.gildea.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from eliz@gnu.org of 7 Nov 2019 16:33:58 +0200 <837e4bg3hl.fsf@gnu.org>
The time-stamp package has unusual compatibility issues that govern
when code changes are appropriate to document. In the source, it is
noted that
;;; At all times, all the formats recommended in the doc string
;;; of time-stamp-format will work not only in the current version of
;;; Emacs, but in all versions that have been released within the past
;;; two years.
The reason for this promise is that it is common for people to set
time-stamp-pattern or time-stamp-format in a local-variables section of
a file. Files so annotated may be edited by different people and with
different versions of Emacs. So that Emacs behaves consistently, the
time-stamp package recommends only formats that behave the same way
across all versions likely to be in simultaneous use.
In September I updated the documentation for changes implemented
previously; that commit included a section in NEWS. I will eventually
document the change that sparked this discussion, too, and I'll add it
to NEWS at the same time.
So while I am aware of my responsibility to document, I am also
mindful of my responsibility to not document yet.
< Stephen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-07 20:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-10-03 11:04 bug#32931: time-stamp-format: offer numeric time zones too 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2019-07-11 16:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-11 16:07 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-11 17:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-06 16:48 ` Stephen Gildea
2019-11-07 9:02 ` Robert Pluim
2019-11-07 14:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-07 20:57 ` Stephen Gildea [this message]
2019-11-07 21:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09 0:09 ` Stephen Gildea
2019-11-09 7:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09 16:51 ` Stephen Gildea
2019-11-09 17:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-14 5:16 ` bug#32931: closed: " Stephen Gildea
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