Re: address@hidden: Re: Possible help with stable Emacs releases.]

[Stefan Monnier]

>> No, the .50 is used for all the "versions" until the first pretest.
>> The pretests then start at .90, then .91, .92, ... and can go to
>> .9999999999999999997, ... so we have a large enough pool of pretest
>> version numbers.

> Actually, some major releases went above .100 in the minor-minor
> field.

True, that's another way to continue the sequence after .90, ..., .99
and IIRC both have been used in the past.  I like the .999 scheme better,
tho ;-)


        Stefan