Versioning svn checkouts [Was: Re: alpha/beta software in Fedora 8?]
Toshio Kuratomi
a.badger at gmail.com
Fri Nov 30 21:05:39 UTC 2007
Petr Machata wrote:
> Thanks for clarification, that makes sense. Interestingly enough, and
> quite contrary to your argument, naming guidelines allow the release ID
> or partial hash to be appended to the date portion of the release tag.
>
Yes, maintainers wanted to add a hash there despite having the
information in the spec file. Since svn is allowed to put the release
id in that space (since it can be used to establish an age) FPC decided
that allowing the partial hash was a reasonable compromise.
-Toshio
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