Re: CC Mode version number for Emacs 25.2

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Alexander.

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:08:21AM +0100, Alexander Shukaev wrote:
> On 12/20/2016 12:13 AM, Alexander Shukaev wrote:
> > On 12/18/2016 05:13 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> >> Hello, Emacs.

> >> The version of CC Mode within Emacs 25.1 is 5.33.  This is unfortunate,
> >> since that version is at a much earlier stage of development than the
> >> standalone CC Mode release 5.33.

> >> This conflict in the use of "5.33" has led to some confusion amongst
> >> people reporting bugs.

> >> I would thus like to change the version number in Emacs 25.2 to
> >> "5.32.99", to minimise further confusion.  I think it would be best to
> >> make an entry about this in NEWS, too.  Incidentally, the actual code in
> >> CC Mode in the Emacs 25 has not changed since the realease of 25.1.

> >> Does anybody have any objections to this renumbering?


> > Hi,

> > How to actually install this up-to-date version through 'package.el'?

> > Regards,
> > Alexander


> Did my mail get lost or?

Sorry, just got a bit distracted by other things for a day or two.

CC Mode is not available through package.el.  There's either the version
in an Emacs release (which is frozen at pretest time, typically several
months before the release), or there's the stand alone version (which can
be any age) available from http://cc-mode.sourceforge.net/.  The latest
stand alone version, 5.33, was released in August 2016.

Alternatively, you can use the head of the VCS repository either at
savannah (for the entire Emacs version) or at sourceforge (for just CC
Mode).

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).