Subject: bug#14338: 24.3.50; ELPA package ack fails to install

From: Leo Liu <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 03 May 2013 15:57:59 +0800

On 2013-05-03 15:49 +0800, Glenn Morris wrote:
> The package version is 1.01.
> (version-to-list "1.01") -> (1 1)
> Hence http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/archive-contents refers to version 1.1.
> Hence it tries to download the non-existent 
> http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ack-1.1.tar
> rather than
> http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ack-1.01.tar
>
> For good measure,
> http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ack.html
> thinks the latest version is 1.0 for some reason.

What should be done here to get it in sync?

BTW, increment the version number is an annoyance. I wonder if people
feel the same way too?

Leo