Richard Sandiford <rdsandif...@googlemail.com> writes: > Andreas Schwab <sch...@linux-m68k.org> writes: >> Richard Sandiford <rdsandif...@googlemail.com> writes: >>> So if x.y.z is __GNU__.__GNU_MINOR__.__GNU_PATCHLEVEL__ then the positions >>> in the number stay the same but the meanings of __GNU_MINOR__ and >>> __GNU_PATCHLEVEL__ change. >> >> There is no change in meaning. > > Sure there is, in terms of the release progression. The whole point of > the discussion is that what used to be the "patchlevel" would become > the "minor version".
The patchlevel remains the patchlevel, which is the third part of the version number. It's no longer modified by the offcial releases, but that doesn't change its meaning. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SUSE Labs, sch...@suse.de GPG Key fingerprint = 0196 BAD8 1CE9 1970 F4BE 1748 E4D4 88E3 0EEA B9D7 "And now for something completely different."
