Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Making microbranches popular

[Robert Collins]

On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 06:40, Robert Anderson wrote:
> --- Original Message ---
> From: Mirian Crzig Lennox <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Making microbranches popular
> 
> >So, for example ntop, the network top utility
> >which is currently at version 2.2c, could be imported as
> >ntop--release-2.2c--0 rather than some kludge like
> >ntop--release--2.2.3.  This would also have the important effect of
> >preventing me banging my head against the wall if an actual version
> >2.2.3 decides to be released in future.  (I swear people do this
> sort
> >of thing simply to annoy package maintainers!)
> 
> Is there any reason you can't use:
> 
> ntop--release-2.2c--0
> ntop--release-2.2.3--0
> etc.?

"." isn't a valid tla branch element.
ntop--release--2-2c--0 works though, which leads to my 2c.. name the
branch whatever makes sense, put HEAD into a -0 version, and to created
named branches wherever the upstream really used a branch, not a tag. 
Lastly document all this for us dumb users by setting up a dists
directory with files exactly matching the upstream version #.

Rob 
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