On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 09:03:32AM +0100, Guido Günther wrote: > If we really want a tag in front of the commit identifier we should > specify the VCS: [Git:fed3f3d], [Svn:r1234], [Hg:fed3f3d] this would > help in the case where a package switches VCSs. > > > Finally, I missed if the aim is finding something Git-specific or not, > > in the latter case the commit ID can be paired via a VCS identifier, > > though I acknowledge that it risks to become too heavy ...
In fact, I was asking this exactly to understand whether we would want a VCS-tag in the commit id or not. My use case was exactly as yours, VCS switch. But now I do agree with Martin that those cases are probably to tricky to hard any how (no URL, old repo possibly shut down, ...). It is simply not worth. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie sempre uno zaino ...........| ..: |.... Je dis tu à tous ceux que j'aime
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