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Re: No calc in pretest?
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Jon Cast |
Subject: |
Re: No calc in pretest? |
Date: |
Tue, 02 Jul 2002 15:05:31 -0500 |
Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
> > "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/address@hidden> writes:
> >> If it's more convenient to name the current trunk 22.0, then I
> >> think it should be done.
> > No one has presented a good reason why it would be more convenient
> > either.
> One reason is that we don't have to update :version fields and
> documentation if there is a well defined versioning scheme.
The following:
x.y.0 is a release from head
x.y.z (1 <= z < 50) is a bug-fix release
x.y.z.90 (1 <= z < 50) is a bug-fix pre-test
x.y.z (50 <= z < 70) is CVS
x.y.z (70 <= z < 99) is a head pre-test
is well-defined. Is that not sufficient for your purposes?
<snip>
> But there are major changes in CVS HEAD, that is the whole point of
> calling it Emacs 22, which I think is a good idea. Releasing CVS
> HEAD as 21.4 would be a mistake, as users would think "Pah, emacs
> 21.4, I already have 21.2 and it works, I won't bother upgrading.".
I don't think the changes that have been made are `major'. `Major'
means something internally important; the changes between 21.3 and
21.4 are mostly external and either cosmetic or pure additions (i.e.,
everything in 21.1 is un-affected). There are `many' changes, but we
expect that, right?
> What is major and what isn't major is not something objectively
> true. Many users probably don't care if Emacs uses MULE or Unicode
> internally even though it is major work, and also many users regards
> window transparency as something major altough it is little work.
Well, not unless RMS says something is major or not. He's the
maintainer, I think the determination of what is major should be left
up to him.
> Having faster development cycles has always been one of my gripes
> with emacs, new features shouldn't have to wait 3-4 years.
And calling the next release 22.0 fixes this how?
Jon Cast
- Re: No calc in pretest?, (continued)
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Jon Cast, 2002/07/02
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Simon Josefsson, 2002/07/02
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/07/02
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Stefan Monnier, 2002/07/02
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Kim F. Storm, 2002/07/02
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Jon Cast, 2002/07/02
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/07/03
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Kim F. Storm, 2002/07/02
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Simon Josefsson, 2002/07/05
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/07/05
- Re: No calc in pretest?,
Jon Cast <=
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Jon Cast, 2002/07/02
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Stefan Monnier, 2002/07/02
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Jon Cast, 2002/07/02
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Ken Raeburn, 2002/07/03
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Jon Cast, 2002/07/03
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Miles Bader, 2002/07/03
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Jon Cast, 2002/07/03
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Kai Großjohann, 2002/07/03
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Jon Cast, 2002/07/03
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Robert J. Chassell, 2002/07/02