Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 10:04:31 -0600 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: chad@dcfinc.com Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Version Resolution? Message-ID: <l03110706b09b6048a8a5@[208.2.87.4]> In-Reply-To: <199711210543.WAA05046@freebie.dcfinc.com> References: <199711210327.NAA00434@word.smith.net.au> from Mike Smith at "Nov 21, 97 01:57:10 pm"
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At 11:43 PM -0600 11/20/97, Chad R. Larson wrote: >No, you want it generated at the time of the commit as it uniquely >identifies the state of the repository. Identifying the fetch doesn't >accomplish what we're talking about, which is to be able to say, "I'm >running 2.2.5-STABLE-9711201835 and the screen colors are all wrong." > >It's meant to be useful to the folks doing support. As many of us have discussed, "2.2.5-971120" is probably quite adequate for the purpose. If something affecting "screen colours" was entered around that time or if a fix had been committed after that point, you would, at least, have a good point to start the investigation. Richard Wackerbarth
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