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Re: how do deal with versionless mercurial software ?



On Wednesday 02 October 2013 16:05:18 Dominik George wrote:
> >You should use a version derived from the date only. This way, you
> >won't be in
> >trouble if upstream switches to git.
> 
> I absolutely do not see why this should be an issue.

well, you proposed a version like 'hgXXXX'. if upstream switches to git, you 
can't use a version like 'gitYYYY' because it sorts before hg. I grant you 
that is easy to work around. 


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