Re: Please don't use revision numbers on commit messages (and elsewhere).

[Stefan Monnier]

> So, if you wish to refer to another revision on the commit message (or
> anywhere else) please use the revision id, which is unique for every
> commit.

Agreed.  In the past we've also used dates as in "fix 2009-10-07
change", which aren't as precise as rev-ids and might prove ambiguous,
but are more stable than rev-nbs and more readable than rev-ids
(especially when reading the ChangeLog where the dates are available).


        Stefan