Re: [Rd] Wishlist: optional svn-revision number tag in package DESCRIPTION file

2009-04-01 Thread Peter Ruckdeschel
Thanks Gabor, Duncan, and Dirk, for your replies. Gabor Grothendieck wrote: We need to make sure we understand the implications for packages developed under the other major version control systems like git, bzr and hg. Ok for this --- of course it would even be greater to have a universal

[Rd] Wishlist: optional svn-revision number tag in package DESCRIPTION file

2009-03-31 Thread Peter Ruckdeschel
Hi, just a little wish : Could we have one (or maybe more) standardized optional tag(s) for package DESCRIPTION files to cover svn revision info? This would be very useful for bug reporting... I know that any developer is already free to append corresponding lines to DESCRIPTION files to do

Re: [Rd] Wishlist: optional svn-revision number tag in package DESCRIPTION file

2009-03-31 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
We need to make sure we understand the implications for packages developed under the other major version control systems like git, bzr and hg. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Peter Ruckdeschel peter.ruckdesc...@web.de wrote: Hi, just a little wish : Could we have one (or maybe more)

Re: [Rd] Wishlist: optional svn-revision number tag in package DESCRIPTION file

2009-03-31 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 3/31/2009 10:41 AM, Peter Ruckdeschel wrote: Hi, just a little wish : Could we have one (or maybe more) standardized optional tag(s) for package DESCRIPTION files to cover svn revision info? This would be very useful for bug reporting... I know that any developer is already free to append

Re: [Rd] Wishlist: optional svn-revision number tag in package DESCRIPTION file

2009-03-31 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 31 March 2009 at 12:58, Duncan Murdoch wrote: | On 3/31/2009 10:41 AM, Peter Ruckdeschel wrote: | Could we have one (or maybe more) standardized optional tag(s) | for package DESCRIPTION files to cover svn revision info? | This would be very useful for bug reporting... Indeed. I am doing