Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:03:38 -0400 | From | Theodore Tso <> | Subject | Re: [patch] kbuild: Improve version string logic |
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On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 08:37:07PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > > I really don't see how it improves visibility (unless you're oblivious > to the difference between long and short strings), but I do know that I > have a few parsers that this will break. > > I think adding the + unconditionally will also break things like > debian's make-kpkg, for instance, since the + would get propagated into > the package version which reserves the + for something else. > > Etc. Can we please make this stuff optional?
That's exactly what I'm afraid of. I'd really like to keep the long version AUTOVERSION strings the same, please.
- Ted
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