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Re: SVN snapshot versioning



On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 09:56 +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 01:39:30AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> > Why bother with the date? 2.1~svn-r91 seems much more concise and
> > has the same information, really.
> 
> Though you're right that the information is the same, a date is
> meaningful in spite of the knowledge of the revision control system
> (subversion in this case). The same can't be said for the SVN revision
> number.

Also, in the (rare but can occur) event of a svn rollback, r91 is not
necessarily accurate after the fact,whereas a datestamp is.

-Rob
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