From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A little suggestion Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:40:36 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4B4315DB.9090302@alice.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1262688084 11158 80.91.229.12 (5 Jan 2010 10:41:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:41:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs To: Angelo Graziosi Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 05 11:41:17 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from terminus-est.gnu.org ([66.92.78.210] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NS6qf-0001cc-1E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:41:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36316 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NS6qe-0002Io-Sp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:41:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NS6qW-0002Ij-MT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:41:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NS6qQ-0002IX-RV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:41:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37286 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NS6qQ-0002IU-Ir for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:40:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f228.google.com ([209.85.220.228]:53932) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NS6qQ-0004te-74 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:40:58 -0500 Original-Received: by fxm28 with SMTP id 28so7248726fxm.26 for ; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:40:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=pxeCHjBhW+52kgafpXG4KSAaATXKHsGr/Vvz4tjteUU=; b=Pr7j8YCEAwNbcz8lrbcTdHPy0rdH0tg+ZpYYfolwcJrRF8uhEQBUJ80M2Fvdyz+PMk kMF+4e+XgXafEz4WtsrXx7fEqZZnJhGncU/B0+Snp0XBHBig8cnnI4tBojIR/e0PUQPQ mLZkwTVWJiYqEAeSzCF+4fWhpDMo+x10FpCkM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=xGK5QSBV8oC4xPCXvR2yWKm5yFyaOI9klE9P3/zMyQyg0F/A74YBKoSo55bny9z0LQ esOSJE+m8Uhgv7bFLXr5IbS1Tx+msMr2bkuOea0QCnSHqvXvaLTfnKkCL8tYw+GVTrwQ XEgG8pXUP1MG7wCDkcSuVK4mIstg5AhbmIuB4= Original-Received: by 10.239.181.73 with SMTP id l9mr586534hbg.79.1262688056285; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:40:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B4315DB.9090302@alice.it> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:119424 Archived-At: On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Angelo Graziosi wrote: > In Emacs, Help | About Emacs, there is written: > > "GNU Emacs 23.1.91.1 (i686-pc-cygwin, GTK+ Version 2.18.3) > =C2=A0of 2010-01-05 on..." > > Why, in the development stage, not adding the revision number? i.e.: > > "GNU Emacs 23.1.91.1 rev. 99259..." > > In GCC, for example, this happens. I wonder if it is possible? Is it well defined? Perhaps the beginning and ending time of the checkout could be used instead? But I wonder if they are available either.