Actually, that was probably too glib a response. The version number information is probably used in other places, and needs to be sortable so that the fixed/found commands can work. So I don't think arbitrary version strings can work. You could use the date of a commit perhaps.
- bug#7333: bug concatenating CLEANFILES in automake 1.11 Andy Wingo
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- bug#7333: [PATCH] {maint} Fix a bug in vari... Ralf Wildenhues
- bug#7333: [PATCH] {maint} Fix a bug in ... Stefano Lattarini
- bug#7333: [PATCH] {maint} Fix a bu... Glenn Morris
- bug#7333: [PATCH] {maint} Fix ... Ralf Wildenhues
- bug#7333: [PATCH] {maint} ... Glenn Morris
- bug#7333: [PATCH] {maint} ... Glenn Morris
- bug#7333: [PATCH] {maint} ... Ralf Wildenhues