[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] manual: cvs: document that a date can be used instead of a tag

[Fabio Porcedda]

On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> wrote:
> Fabio, All,
>
> On 2015-04-18 18:54 +0200, Fabio Porcedda spake thusly:
>> Also instead of using the generic word "timestamp" use the word "tag".
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Fabio Porcedda <fabio.porcedda at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
>> index 8cf6bb6..be754a2 100644
>> --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
>> +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
>> @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
>>       Only anonymous pserver mode is supported.
>>       +LIBFOO_SITE+ 'must' contain the source URL as well as the remote
>>       repository directory. The module is the package name.
>> -     +LIBFOO_VERSION+ is 'mandatory' and 'must' be a timestamp.
>> +     +LIBFOO_VERSION+ is 'mandatory' and 'must' be a tag or a date.
>
> I'd like we document the format of the date we recognise. Because, IIRC,
> cvs accepts 'yesterday' as a date format, and that would be interpreted
> as a tag with the current code.
>
> So maybe, just state something like:
>
>     ... or a date (YYYYMMDD:hhmmss)

What about this:
(<YYYY>-<MM>-<DD>[T<HH><MM>[<SS>]] e.g 2015-12-20 or 2015-12-20T1010)

> Or whatever is a date format recognised.
>

Thanks for reviewing.
-- 
Fabio Porcedda