Re: git-version-gen: allow 'snapshot' as .tarball-version contents

[Assaf Gordon]

Hello Bruno,

On 2019-10-13 3:18 p.m., Bruno Haible wrote:
> Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> > > I need a non-numeric version for continuous publishing of gettext snapshot
> > > tarballs, and I want the tarballs to be called gettext-snapshot.tar.gz,
> >
> > I wonder how users of these tarballs would be able to identify
> > snapshots if there is no version information.
>
> I find that for CI tarballs a
> stable URL is the more important feature.

Somewhat related:

If you're posting the tarballs to ftp.gnu.org or alpha.gnu.org ,
the upload script (build-aux/gnupload) can create symlinks,
and even provide examples of symlinking a "-latest.tar.gz" to a 
versioned one:
----
$ gnupload --help
[...]
4. Create a symbolic link foobar-latest.tar.gz -> foobar-1.0.tar.gz
   and likewise for the corresponding .sig file:
  gnupload --to ftp.gnu.org:foobar \
           --symlink foobar-1.0.tar.gz     foobar-latest.tar.gz \
                     foobar-1.0.tar.gz.sig foobar-latest.tar.gz.sig
----

Would that help with a stable URL for testing?