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Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots


From: 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



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