GNU bug report logs - #48404
28.0.50; "Invalid version syntax" errors with read-extended-command

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 20:51:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Merged with 48410

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 48404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 48404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#48404: 28.0.50; "Invalid version syntax" errors with
 read-extended-command
Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 09:43:37 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> But I don't really understand why we compare versions in the snippet
> above -- the command is already established as being obsolete, so
> we've got to be running an Emacs version where it is indeed obsolete,
> and the version text sounds redundant to me.  Stefan?

The idea is to have a softer transition when obsoleting commands -- `M-x
some-obsoleteTAB' will list the command if it's been "recently"
obsoleted, but also list the new command name (in parentheses).  This
will hopefully help people to learn the new command name.

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