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Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com> writes:

> Could you separate out the Gnus version number from the rest of the
> string:
> "Gnus v5.2.1"
> Eg.  Pull out the 5.2.1 (or whatever) into a separate variable?

I suppose.  But shouldn't the alpha prefixes fit into the scheme?
`gnus-continuum-version' takes a Gnus version string and returns a
floating point number.  September is greater than 5.1, and 5.2 is
greater than September, and Red is greater than 5.2, etc.  (This
function is broken in 5.2.1, by the way.)

> (Or
> even something akin to emacs-major-version & emacs-minor-version).
> I'd like to be able to do things like:
> 	(concat "/usr/local/lib/xemacs/gnus-" gnus-version-number "/")
> or is there already a better way to do this?

Ok, I'll do this in 5.2.2.

> Also, once we move on into Red Gnus, will you reset the version
> numbering to 0 again, or use the Linux convention of even number
> stable, odd number development?  Going to Red Gnus 5.3 might help
> reduce some confusion.  And it might not, but it's worth asking.

I guess there will be a Gnus 5.2.0-5.2.15, and then I'll go to Gnus
5.3 for Emacs 19.32.  Red Gnus will end up as 5.4 & 5.5, I guess.
(But the alphas will be "Red Gnus v0.1", etc., as with (ding) and
September.)

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