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Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots
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Ricardo Wurmus |
Subject: |
Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots |
Date: |
Sat, 23 Jan 2016 23:07:36 +0100 |
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Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> +
>>> +It is a good idea to strip commit identifiers to, say, 7 digits so that
>>> +they do not become aesthetically disturbing (assuming aesthetics have a
>>> +role to play here.) It is best to use the full commit identifiers in
>>> address@hidden, though, to avoid ambiguities.
>>> +
>>
>> I would probably find this a little confusing if I didn’t already know
>> what you meant. Where should commit identifiers be stripped? Are there
>> more places than just the ‘version’ field? Could we name the ‘version’
>> field as an example?
>>
>> Is it only aesthetics or also a matter of keeping shebangs shorter (in
>> case the output provides an interpreter that could end up in a shebang
>> line). The version is usually part of the output name, so maybe it
>> would make sense to mention the ‘version’ field explicitly.
>
> You’re right on both points.
>
> How about this variant?
Beautiful. Thanks!
~~ Ricardo
- Version numbers for VCS snapshots, (continued)
- Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/01/12
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ben Woodcroft, 2016/01/20
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Leo Famulari, 2016/01/21
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/01/21
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Leo Famulari, 2016/01/21
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/01/21
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/01/21
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/01/21
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/01/21
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/01/23
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots,
Ricardo Wurmus <=
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/01/24
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Eric Bavier, 2016/01/21
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Jookia, 2016/01/21
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Andy Wingo, 2016/01/22
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/01/22
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/01/23
Re: New CLI syntax for package version, Federico Beffa, 2016/01/09