Re: test release: 5.9.1.2-test (will be 5.9.2)

[dana <dana@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun 28 Jun 2026, at 22:48, Ray Andrews wrote:
> My latest Debian upgrade reverted me to what ever Debian is doing:
>
> % echo $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL
> debian/5.9-4+b15

5.9.1 isn't in debian's repos yet. apparently they're going to wait for
5.9.2. even then it'll only appear in sid and (i assume) forky, whereas
it looks like you're still on bookworm. so if you want a newer zsh any
time soon you'll have to upgrade debian, build zsh yourself, or install
it from another source like homebrew

On Sun 28 Jun 2026, at 22:48, Ray Andrews wrote:
> ... what does that 'translate' to in native zsh version speak?  Or is it
> already?

debian set a custom patch level, which can mean anything they want. but
per their convention it corresponds to the package version. 5.9-4+b15
means this, i think:

5.9 .... up-stream (our) version the package is based on
-4 ..... debian revision. increments each time they change the package
         source, like when they update their build rules or they
         back-port a fix from a newer version of zsh
+b15 ... binary re-upload. i think this means they had to rebuild it
         (without actually changing anything) just because of a library
         or compiler update

On Sun 28 Jun 2026, at 22:48, Ray Andrews wrote:
> ... why not have that report the 'full' version info?  What's the
> protocol for this?

i'm not sure what you mean. 5.9 is the full version number of the zsh
release you have. if you eventually update to 5.9.2 it will say 5.9.2.
if you mean you want ZSH_VERSION to include the patch level, i don't
think that's going to happen, but in 5.10 the `zsh --version` output
is clearer about that

dana