Subject: bug#8054: closed (Re: bug#8054: 24.0.50; Who ever heard of a version number that doesn't change all year?)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:55:02 +0000

Your bug report

#8054: 24.0.50; Who ever heard of a version number that doesn't change all year?

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#8054: 24.0.50; Who ever heard of a version number that doesn't change all year?
From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:53:11 -0400
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Version: 24.2

Added `emacs-bzr-version' to trunk.

Subject: 24.0.50; Who ever heard of a version number that doesn't change all year?
From: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:54:37 +0800
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Gentlemen, let's face it, your version number,
emacs-version "24.0.50.1"
is a total disaster for use in e.g., report-emacs-bug.

Who ever heard of a version number that doesn't change all year?
Even Microsoft with its 6.5235345532543 numbers are better than yours.
I especially like e.g.,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Version MediaWiki|1.17wmf1 (r82223)

So do contemplate providing _version information down to the commit
granularity_ like the MediaWiki people do ... available right there to
the report-emacs-bug command, etc.

Don't expect the user to have to explain what time of what day he got his
copy from where, when asked for more details than "24.0.50.1".