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30.1; Strange reference to "Emacs 10.31" in fileio.c

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
Cc: 78983 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#78983: 30.1; Strange reference to "Emacs 10.31" in fileio.c
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:41:40 +0300

> From: Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
> Cc: Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>,  78983 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 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/

I don't see any confusion, FWIW.  I see a good-faith question
(unrelated to the version), which got answered.

Anyway, I don't think 10.31 is a mistake.  I think I asked Richard
back then.  In particular, the initial commit of fileio.c into CVS,
from Apr 10, 1991 (which is _before_ the time stamp of fileio.c in
Emacs 18.59) already has this #ifdef'ed-away version, even though
Emacs 18.59's version of fileio.c does not.  So there's more here than
meets the eye.

I can suggest to remove the version from the text, if this nit is
really deemed important.  But I think we are splitting hair here.  I
have just spent half an hour looking up old versions of fileio.c --
was that really worth it?

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