Why such an unusual name?

[José Matos]

On Friday 26 September 2014 15:50:11 Reindl Harald wrote:
> why not?
> 
> that informations are so much more clear than just the
> version number if someone wants to browse GIT and
> review changes

One reason could be the fact that the packager chose to package a development version instead of a released version, for example if the git revision has the patches that (s)he considered appropriate to include.

I have not look into this specific case so my considerations are generic. :-)

Regards,
-- 
José Abílio