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Re: Emacs Versions: major, minor and ...?
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Colin Baxter |
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Re: Emacs Versions: major, minor and ...? |
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Mon, 28 Jun 2021 06:14:21 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) |
>>>>> mrf <joinlaw@cock.li> writes:
> Colin Baxter writes:
>> The current emacs development version is "28.0.5". I know that
>> "28" is the value of the emacs-major-version variable and "0" is
>> the value of the emacs-minor-version variable. I assume "5" is
>> also the value of a variable, but what's its name?
> The third number after the dots is called micro or in some
> projects patch, please take a look at semantic versioning
> (semver.org) and the book (Producing Open Source Software by karl
> fogel)<free and gratis
book> despite the name of this book the author (karl fogel) is
> mentioning the relation between free software and open source and
> uses the term to describe same thing, anyway this book explain at
> chapter 7 the naming practices in software development.
> In addition take look at the section that describe even/odd
> (stable/unstable) strategy:
> https://producingoss.com/en/development-cycle.html
> BTW This is basic software engineering issue.
Thanks for the information, even if in this particular case it's not
directly appropriate for emacs.
Best wishes,