GNU bug report logs - #78983
30.1; Strange reference to "Emacs 10.31" in fileio.c

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 16:45:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 78983 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>, 78983 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78983: 30.1; Strange reference to "Emacs 10.31" in fileio.c
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:44:18 +0200

>>>>> On Wed, 09 Jul 2025, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> tl;dr Could the version reference be changed to "Emacs 19"?

> Why is the version important?

Apparently it was important enough to mention it, in the first place?
And if that information is there then it should be accurate.

Also, it confuses people, including one of the Emacs maintainers:

https://debbugs.gnu.org/72132
https://emacshorrors.com/posts/forget-me-not.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/2kwbw9/comment/clqcagc/
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