Re: CC Mode version number for Emacs 25.2

[Noam Postavsky]

On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello, Emacs.
>
> The version of CC Mode within Emacs 25.1 is 5.33.  This is unfortunate,
> since that version is at a much earlier stage of development than the
> standalone CC Mode release 5.33.
>
> This conflict in the use of "5.33" has led to some confusion amongst
> people reporting bugs.
>
> I would thus like to change the version number in Emacs 25.2 to
> "5.32.99", to minimise further confusion.  I think it would be best to
> make an entry about this in NEWS, too.  Incidentally, the actual code in
> CC Mode in the Emacs 25 has not changed since the realease of 25.1.
>
> Does anybody have any objections to this renumbering?
>

Wouldn't it make more sense to bump the standalone version to 5.34
rather than moving the builtin version backwards?