Subject: Re: bug#14941: [Patch] Lighten up wrt version specification

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:35:48 -0400

> @@ -1128,6 +1128,8 @@
>                   ((symbolp dep) `(,dep "0"))
>                   ((stringp dep)
>                    (error "Invalid requirement specifier: %S" dep))
> +                 ((and (listp dep) (null (cdr dep)))
> +                  (list (car dep) "0"))
>                   (t dep)))
>                deps))))

I installed this hunk, but not the other.  If a "Version:" header is
missing, it should stay as an error, because package.el relies heavily
on version numbers.  And if the user can write "Version:" she can just
as easily write "Version:0".

        Stefan