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Date:      Tue, 15 Aug 2017 18:07:39 -0600
From:      Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>
To:        Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>
Cc:        "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Is it good to have port versions as hex numbers?
Message-ID:  <4665A4F8-303F-4ACC-A198-E33200664B28@adamw.org>
In-Reply-To: <67511791-0276-de99-3a76-73d2b6067414@rawbw.com>
References:  <67511791-0276-de99-3a76-73d2b6067414@rawbw.com>

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> On 15 Aug, 2017, at 18:00, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> wrote:
>=20
> One committer suggested to make GH_TAGNAME into a port version by =
prepending with 'g', like this: ntk-g92365ec.
>=20
> IMO, this is only good when pkg can understand such version numbers as =
increasing when interpreted as hexadecimal numbers.
>=20
> Does pkg understand this?

Git hashes don't "increase," so they wouldn't make any sense for a =
PORTVERSION. Use the date instead.

# Adam


--=20
Adam Weinberger
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https://www.adamw.org




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