From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10838: 24.0.92; package.el shows a misleading version number Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:40:40 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87wr7l7174.fsf@hagelb.org> <87pqddj9gf.fsf@hagelb.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1329604900 5183 80.91.229.3 (18 Feb 2012 22:41:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:41:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10838@debbugs.gnu.org To: Phil Hagelberg Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 18 23:41:40 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RysyJ-0003t6-Ft for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:41:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46603 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RysyF-0007k7-HI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:41:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44992) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RysyC-0007jv-GV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:41:33 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rysxh-0001CR-P5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:41:32 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:41356) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rysxh-0001CL-L1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:41:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Rysze-00026w-G9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:43:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:43:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10838 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10838-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10838.13296049748099 (code B ref 10838); Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:43:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10838) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Feb 2012 22:42:54 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44979 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RyszV-00026a-N9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:42:53 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183]:44248) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RyszQ-00026K-GS for 10838@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:42:52 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ai4FAKYoQE9Ld/XJ/2dsb2JhbABDr0uCYIEIgXMBAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIE7VLiTeCcQY3DAwDgz4DDgODXwSITpsZhFuBPg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.73,443,1325480400"; d="scan'208";a="163603995" Original-Received: from 75-119-245-201.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([75.119.245.201]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 18 Feb 2012 17:40:40 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3088C593CD; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:40:40 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87pqddj9gf.fsf@hagelb.org> (Phil Hagelberg's message of "Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:01:36 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:56998 Archived-At: >> IIUC the package.el we distribute is not synchronized with the unbundled >> package.el any more, right? So it doesn't need a version number any >> more (it's version number is the one of Emacs). > If we want to backport package.el to work in Emacs 23 then we should > probably keep the version number, I don't think so: if the canonical package.el is the one that comes with Emacs, then it's version number is Emacs's (i.e. there "package.el from Emacs-24.1" and "package.el from Emacs-24.2, ..."). > but if we decide that's not worth it then it could be > dropped. I haven't looked into what's keeping it from working on 23; > I've just been pointing 23 users at an older version. Would you like > me to investigate to see how much it would take to make it work? I haven't thought about this. It'd be good to have a package.el that works with Emacs-23 to access GNU ELPA, but it doesn't have to be sync'd with Emacs-24's. So unless package.el version 0.9 has problems accessing GNU ELPA, I see no need to backport the current code. Stefan