Re: Release plans

[Chong Yidong]

Jay Belanger <address@hidden> writes:

>> Just a reminder: we will begin the feature freeze for Emacs 23.1 at the
>> end of this month.
>
> A while back, I came across a note saying that any package that is
> developed within Emacs shouldn't have it's own version numbering.  I've
> looked in vain for that note, but have been unable to find it.  However,
> Calc is now a fully owned subsidiary of Emacs, Inc., so is there any
> reason why Calc should have its own version number?

Quite a few packages use their own version numbers.  I think some
maintainers find these helpful for, e.g., distinguishing between the
versions in the Emacs tree and those distributed seperately.