Re: How do I install gnus cvs?

[David Z Maze]

rodolfo.medina@gmail.com writes:

> . Then I started emacs, started gnus, did 'M-x gnus-version'
> and it says: 'No Gnus v0.4'.
> Is that normal? Why 'No Gnus' instead of 'Gnus'?

No Gnus is the name of the alpha Gnus release (e.g., CVS) after Oort,
logically enough.  Well, maybe not.

Alpha (CVS)      --> Beta       --> Emacs release
----------------     ----------     -------------
(ding) Gnus      --> Gnus 5.0.x --> Gnus 5.1
September Gnus   --> Gnus 5.2.x --> Gnus 5.3
Red Gnus         --> Gnus 5.4.x --> Gnus 5.5
Quassia Gnus     --> Gnus 5.6.x --> Gnus 5.6
Pterodactyl Gnus --> Gnus 5.8.x --> Gnus 5.9
Oort Gnus        --> Gnus 5.10.x
No Gnus

There used to be very frequent alpha Gnus releases, e.g. September
Gnus 0.79, but these largely stopped when Gnus started using CVS.  So
even though No Gnus has been around for quite a while now the last
"release" of it is No Gnus 0.3 and so the CVS version calls itself No
Gnus 0.4.  I think the current plan is that FSF Emacs 22 will ship
with Gnus 5.11, and after that happens No Gnus will become Gnus
5.12.0.

(I don't remember any more what features No Gnus has that aren't in
the latest 5.10 release, or even what release that is.  :-)

  --dzm