Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots

[Ludovic Courtès]

Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:

> 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!

Pushed!

Ludo’.