feature request: library versioning

Bruce> After talking with fellow emacs developers, we would like Bruce> to see a shared system (i.e. common to x & fsf/gnu emacs) Bruce> for tracking versions of elisp libraries. Bruce> I am recommending a syntax with 3 new optional arguments: Bruce> (provide 'my-package 1 2 34) #'provide is about features, not about libraries. Many libraries provide multiple features; provision of some features often requires multiple libraries. I don't know of any off hand, but there probably are virtual features that are provided by multiple libraries. Coordinating all this with version numbers seems hairy, to say the least. I would say implement library- (or file-) versioning separately from #'provide. -- University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences Tel/fax: +81 (298) 53-5091 _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ What are those straight lines for? "XEmacs rules."