From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25590: Remove build number from emacs-version variable Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:45:34 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1svasvru4x.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83r33e8doa.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1486338367 23885 195.159.176.226 (5 Feb 2017 23:46:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 23:46:07 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) Cc: 25590@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 06 00:46:03 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1caWVP-00064K-9g for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2017 00:46:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44907 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1caWVU-0006GF-Qg for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:46:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46149) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1caWVP-0006GA-1C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:46:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1caWVO-0004xp-At for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:46:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:58799) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1caWVO-0004xj-7N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:46:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1caWVN-0000Xq-UN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:46:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2017 23:46:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25590 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 25590-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25590.14863383442070 (code B ref 25590); Sun, 05 Feb 2017 23:46:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25590) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Feb 2017 23:45:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56998 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1caWV5-0000XJ-SX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:45:44 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55046) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1caWV4-0000X7-Fc for 25590@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:45:42 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1caWUy-0004qf-HK for 25590@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:45:37 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:40558) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1caWUy-0004qb-EH for 25590@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:45:36 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1caWUw-0000PL-3U; Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:45:34 -0500 X-Spook: Armani munitions fissionable Gangs Abu Ghraib Consular X-Ran: c_8^}zWLIgtKpuK0uRq`$B^NIVSW"r\]2!xf;-w7%=1/%ZLg~0./gQLCR)O'6ly:~$WnRm X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <83r33e8doa.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 04 Feb 2017 12:15:33 +0200") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:129011 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii wrote: > If we do the above, we should make sure version-comparison functions > treat something like "25.2 (build 4)" correctly. I disagree that this is desirable. >> (I am not aware of any other software that even has a concept of "build >> number".) > > It's actually part of a version number (which many other projects > have, e.g., GDB just released version 7.12.1), except that we never > release such versions, they exist only on end-users' machines. Other > than that, there's nothing in it which is special to Emacs. I don't understand the comparison. A micro version number (major.minor.micro) is not the same thing as Emacs's build number. This is precisely the confusion that arises with Emacs.