From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Recognizing obsolete external package versions Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:24:37 -0400 Message-ID: References: <46BCD7C1.8060003@gmail.com> <8y1web58zy.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1186791695 19858 80.91.229.12 (11 Aug 2007 00:21:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:21:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 11 02:21:32 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IJejU-0000Pa-7J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:21:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IJejT-0004CG-Mx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:21:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IJejQ-0004B5-O4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:21:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IJejP-0004AL-NS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:21:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IJejP-0004A7-IH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:21:27 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IJejP-0000lg-Bu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:21:27 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IJemT-0003NI-EB; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:24:37 -0400 X-Spook: Kh-11 IRA Kennedy Europol security embassy Yukon UNSCOM X-Ran: %GZ.WHJG?`zr:Lpcf%5+zhJCy+Bp9'2}t;6vwVo.}`6}oXozZo["GvR$=q6#u)3L:]%I7c X-Hue: yellow X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <8y1web58zy.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:18:25 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:76336 Archived-At: Glenn Morris wrote: > "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" wrote: > >> What if even older versions of semantics are used? > > Yes, what if they are? If you have evidence that they cause a problem, > then obviously the semantic-version test can be generalized. Trivially, I might add, given the existence of the `version<' function. Does anyone actually know which are the problematic semantic versions? The NEWS entry is not specific.