Lute Kamstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kim F. Storm) writes: > > [...] > >> My primary concern is if some code tests specifically for MM.1 in some >> way, e.g. "version >= MM.1" and the dev/pretest version is MM.0, then >> we may not see a specific error until we update the version to MM.1 >> and release the software -- without EVER testing that it works >> with the actual release number. >> >> Sadly code _does_ test version numbers! > > Yup, I remember finding a bug with scrollbars on Irix when Emacs' > version number was changed from 21.0.106 to 21.1.
So it is not just a theoritical concern, thanks! > Maybe somebody can do a grep on the sources and double-check the uses > of emacs-\(major\|minor\)-version? Code that in maintained within > Emacs' CVS shouldn't have to use those variables (except as > informative output for users). I agree in principle, and it goes for eliminating Xemacs specific code too. But we cannot do that in practice -- some maintainers want to keep compatibility with other dialects / older releases in the packages installed in CVS emacs. -- Kim F. Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.cua.dk _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
