Re: xemacs-package for VM 8.0.8
* Stephen J Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
Vin Shelton writes:
> 2008/2/22 Steve Youngs <steve(a)sxemacs.org>:
> > Take my advice... don't. Sooner or later they _will_
get out of sync so
> > there's no point in trying. You can always get to the upstream version
> > via #'package-get-info anyway...
>
> IMHO, Steve is correct.
As far as it goes. The problem is that the primary sources of help
with a package like VM[1] want to know VM's AUTHOR_VERSION, not the
XEmacs package VERSION. AUTHOR_VERSION should be the main information
that users see, not the bogus XEmacs VERSION. This is a fundamental
design flaw in the package system.
The information is there, it's just not in your face. Hit `i' on one of
the packages listed in PUI's buffer, or turn on balloon-help and put
your rat on one.
I don't think AUTHOR_VERSION should replace XE VERSION in the *Packages*
buffer because there are very often multiple XE VERSION's for each
AUTHOR_VERSION for any given package (and vice verse too). However, I
think it _would_ be an improvement to have both versions listed. To
keep it neat, you'd want to move to a 2 line per package display though.
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