package version tag (was xemacs-package for VM 8.0.8)

SY> I don't think AUTHOR_VERSION should replace XE VERSION in the SY> *Packages* buffer because there are very often multiple XE VERSION's SY> for each AUTHOR_VERSION for any given package (and vice verse too). The vice versa part seems odd to me, except for the case where the XEmacs package contains pieces from multiple upstream releases. For example, the XEmacs MH-E update that I'm working on is derived from two upstream packages: mh-e and mh-e-doc. Are there other scenarios where there would be multiple values of AUTHOR_VERSION? Come to think of it, if there are multiple upstream releases, would it make more sense to have multiple XEmacs packages that depend on each other, rather than combining them into a single XEmacs package? I expect that a lot of people are used to the numbering scheme that I see with RPMs, i.e., <upstream_vers>-<distro_vers>. I occasionally wonder if it would make sense to use that numbering scheme in the package user interface, and how hard it would be to implement. mike _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta