> Still, this would be only valid for all existing hashes. Imagine a new > changeset would appear which would increase the default to 8. > If that short hash had been used at MacPorts it would likely cause an error, > wouldn't it.
Given that their "book" says the largest git repositories they've seen just barely require 12 digits... I don't think we really need to worry. If paranoid we could use 12 or we could use the whole thing: as long as it works, great. If there's a collision, it will error out rather than give you bad data: http://stackoverflow.com/a/7128558 > Anyway, I saw that from the 188 ports (using github portgroup at the moment) > only SIX use the hash. > And only ONE of them is shortened, i.e. Craig's mythtv. > All other ports use normal version numbering. Well, "normal versions" are just aliases (tags) that point to a commit hash. It's simply a convenience, which some upstream maintainers don't do--if it's there, great. _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
