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From: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: XEmacs Beta Test <xemacs-beta@xemacs.org>
Subject: version string info belongs in configure.in
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Reply-To: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>

Since configure, Makefiles, the C code and the lisp code all need to
know the version information, it should go into configure.in, where it 
is more maintainable.

xemacs_codename="Zagreb"
xemacs_beta="(beta5)"

etc...

The current grep hack in configure.in is pretty gross.
The version info is currently stored in version.el, grepped out by
configure, and made available to the Makefiles and to C code via
AC_SUBST and AC_DEFINE.

Martin

