GNU bug report logs - #67525
30.0.50; Update Calc units table

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>

Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:11:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.50

Fixed in version 30.1

Done: Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
To: Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: 30.0.50; Update Calc units table
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:46:15 +0100
29 nov. 2023 kl. 11.10 skrev Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>:

> The latest CODATA adjustment was for 2018. Not sure if we could instead
> wait for publication of the 2022 adjustment; it may be too late to make
> it for the 30.1 release. (If it would have a similar delay as for 2018,
> then the 2022 values would be published in 2025.)
> 
> I've also collected the SI defining constants in their own category,
> and updated some spellings (because BIPM, CODATA, and NIST all say
> "Planck constant", "Boltzmann constant", etc.).

Thank you, this is very welcome and looks fine. Although I haven't proofread it all in detail, the ones I have checked appear accurate.

If a CODATA adjustment appears before 30.1 is released, we can probably sneak in the changes since they are extremely unlikely to affect stability of Emacs in any way.





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