[Buildroot] [PATCH] mtd-utils: bump version number
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Mon Dec 14 11:32:45 UTC 2009
>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Mack <daniel at caiaq.de> writes:
Hi,
Daniel> Ok, the master branch moved forward and I recognized that too late,
Daniel> hence the two patches.
Ok.
>> It would be nice if the shortname could be computed from MTD_VERSION so
>> things don't break when someone goes and changes the git id. GNU make
>> unfortunately doesn't have a substring function, so the easiest solution
>> is probably cut, E.G.:
Daniel> I though about that too, but I wasn't sure whether the substring of the
Daniel> SHA1 ID would always be 7 characters long. I fear that is choses to be
Daniel> as short as possible but as long as necessary to be unique. Which would
Daniel> then mean that it changes again at an aribitrary point.
Currently it is (gitweb calls git rev-parse --short-7), but I get your
point. This gitweb change is also very recent (since 1.6.6-rc1, released
December 2nd). I'll add a comment about it.
Daniel> Best thing woulod be if the mtd people would just tag a commit with a
Daniel> new release number. I'll write them and see if I can make them do that
Daniel> :)
Yes, please - It has been 17 months since the last release, so it's
about time.
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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