bug#8054: 24.0.50; Who ever heard of a version number that doesn't change all year?

[Glenn Morris]

Chong Yidong wrote:

>> Here's a patch to define an `emacs-bzr-version' during dumping and
>> include it in bug reports.
>
> I think this would need the branch name too, in order to be useful.

Really? At present, emacs-bzr-version will contain something like:

106501 rgm@gnu.org-20111124035909-rx8lttx9f1j29t69

So it's not just a revision number. The second bit is "a globally unique
identifier for the revision so that it can be referred to without
ambiguity".

But it's trivial to add eg parent_location from branch.conf, if you
really think this is necessary.