Re: What version?

[Stephen Leake]

Simon Wright <simon.j.wright@mac.com> writes:

> Looking at package-list-packages, I see
>
> Package ada-mode is installed.
>
>      Status: Installed in ‘ada-mode-7.3beta1.0.20220711.185004/’. Delete
>     Version: 7.3beta1.0.20220711.185004
>      Commit: a4ecb2e2e2416cf6066d9a57d9823b257d0f389e
>     Summary: major-mode for editing Ada sources
>    Requires: uniquify-files-1.0.1, wisi-4.0beta, emacs-25.3
>     Website: http://www.nongnu.org/ada-mode/
>    Keywords: languages ada 
>  Maintainer: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
>      Author: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
> Other versions: 7.2.1 (installed), 7.3.1 (gnu).
>
> Emacs Ada mode version 7.1.3
>
> and M-x ada-mode-version says 7.3.beta.

This is the previous ELPA devel version; 8.0 is on its way as we speak.

> So, (a) what is "7.3.1 (gnu)", 

This is the current ELPA release version; it's 7.3.1beta promoted to
release, with a couple minor patches.

> (b) what is "Emacs Ada mode version 7.1.3"?

The previous ELPA release version; I don't know why that shows in the
report.

It would help if the "Other versions" line said what repository they are
from.

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