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Re: No calc in pretest?
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Jon Cast |
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Re: No calc in pretest? |
Date: |
Thu, 04 Jul 2002 18:31:19 -0500 |
address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) wrote:
<snip>
> The CVS version and the pretest should use the same minor number as
> the next release. That's the only consistent numbering scheme.
I assume by ``consistent'' you mean ``roughly indicating the feature
set by the major/minor version number''? In other words, interpret a
major/minor pair as indicating a feature set, and assign each release
the major/minor pair indicating its feature set most closely. With
that meaning, I think a coherent argument could be made that we should
be conservative, and assign each release the largest major/minor pair
indicating a feature set /completely containing/ the feature set of
the release. That would dictate giving CVS versions the minor number
of the preceding release.
For a concrete example, suppose in Emacs 21.5 customize options and
groups get a new :file keyword giving a file name to store the
option's setting in. (I.e., Tramp could add :file ".tramp" to the
tramp defgroup, and Tramp's settings would be stored in ~/.tramp.)
Suppose this option were added on 2002 October 23. Now, assume
someone is running CVS Emacs as of 2002 October 22 (version
21.5.-99.3). He installs a third-party package you've released, which
wants to know if :file is supported, and use it if it is. So, your
package tests emacs-minor-version, and determines it is 5.
Conclusion: customize supports :file. Reality: customize doesn't
support :file. Not good.
<snip>
> --
> Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk
Jon Cast
- Re: No calc in pretest?, (continued)
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Miles Bader, 2002/07/04
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Richard Stallman, 2002/07/05
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Jon Cast, 2002/07/05
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Francesco Potorti`, 2002/07/05
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Richard Stallman, 2002/07/08
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Jon Cast, 2002/07/08
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Richard Stallman, 2002/07/09
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Kim F. Storm, 2002/07/04
- Re: No calc in pretest?,
Jon Cast <=
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Kim F. Storm, 2002/07/05
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Jon Cast, 2002/07/05
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Richard Stallman, 2002/07/05
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Jon Cast, 2002/07/05
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Kai Großjohann, 2002/07/05
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Miles Bader, 2002/07/05
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Kai Großjohann, 2002/07/05
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Richard Stallman, 2002/07/05
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Jon Cast, 2002/07/08
- Re: No calc in pretest?, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/07/09