Re: [NGO] external module properties

[Martin Bjorklund <mbj at tail-f.com>]

Hi,

Phil Shafer <phil at juniper.net> wrote:
> There's a lot to be gained by using dates and not a lot of down
> side.  Being able to look at the revision history and see when what
> happened, how stable a module is, and how likely folks are to be
> up-to-date with the latest version is important.  And it avoids
> tons of discussion about whether we need two or three decimal numbers
> and when the major or minor version should change.  It's simple,
> obvious, sortable, well-defined, and will last for thousands of
> years.

I fully agree with this.

How about adding an optional counter after the date?  So you can do

  2008-04-29
  2008-04-29:1
  2008-04-29:2

and so on.

It removes the arbitrary timing constraint that worries Wes, and it's
still simple enough for the common use case.


/martin

  
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