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Re: Better names for Guix versions from git?
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Björn Höfling |
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Re: Better names for Guix versions from git? |
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Sun, 30 Dec 2018 00:52:08 +0100 |
On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 23:50:11 +0100
Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> wrote:
> swedebugia <address@hidden> writes:
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> > "Björn Höfling" <address@hidden> skrev: (29
> > december 2018 12:53:04 CET)
> >>On Thu, 27 Dec 2018 22:30:11 +0100
> >>Taylan Kammer <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I like dates in "rolling release" version strings because they
> >>> immediately tell you how old/new the version is, but I can
> >>> certainly live with that format too. Definitely better than what
> >>> we have.
> >>
> >>I also would prefer a string containing the date.
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> >>Björn
> >
> > +1. Maybe we could do both, first the date then the commits then
> > the hash?
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> Including a date would require more effort, because this format is not
> supported by git, as far as I know.
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> Support for the output of “git describe” would likely be much easier
> to implement, but note that this might require missing features to be
> implemented in guile-git.
If that is easier to implement, sure.
Björn
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