On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 08:40:40PM +0200, Dmitrij D. Czarkoff wrote: > Greg Reagle said: > > I don't know git well, just the basics, but why don't you use a git > > commit id as the target for patching and packaging? As far as I > > understand, a tag is just a "friendly" name for a commit id anyway. > > 1. In some packaging software that will fuck up package versioning and > updates beyond repairs. > 2. If there is any review process, maintainer will have hard time > explaining why he packages snapshot - it is widely believed that > maintainers make releases when they consider software stable enough > for packaging. > 3. It requires quirks that suck so much that it is not suckless any > more.
Good evening, I'm no suckless expert, and this will probably sound really trollish and asshole-ish, but you know what wouldn't suck? A human who loves package managers and mirrors surf git, tests it periodically, and tags it, with a third version number (e.g. 0.6.x), anytime he/she/it (and whoever files his/her/it issue tickets) deems it stable, to help package mantainers! -- Teodoro Santoni
