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bug#10838: 24.0.92; package.el shows a misleading version number


From: Phil Hagelberg
Subject: bug#10838: 24.0.92; package.el shows a misleading version number
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:21:31 +0000
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux)

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> From what I understand, our package.el is the authoritative package.el,
> so it can just use Emacs's own version number: no need to name it
> "version 1.0".

Chong had a good point that you could have another package that depends
on a particular feature in package.el; in that case having a version
number to pin it on so you get a clearer error might be advantageous.

-Phil





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