Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers
Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> writes:
> + <p>
> + The upstream version number must not include a non-linear
> + revision ID or hash, since it cannot help in ordering
> + versions and it tends to result in very long version
> + numbers and filenames. This information may be recorded
> + in the changelog instead.
> + </p>
I don't think it's Policy's place to tell people that they can't use
hashes because they *might* result in long version numbers. They usually
don't.
If we have a version number length restriction, or an overall filename
length restriction, we should just say that, and point out that using
hashes may make it hard to meet the restriction.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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