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On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> 1. Revision number must be no longer than 9999: |
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> 1a. to make <=X-r9999 reliable, |
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> 1b. to prevent pathological uses of revision as date. |
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Let's just hope nobody starts using tex version numbering and so on. |
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Dates might be used in cases where upstream doesn't publish sane |
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revisions (in fact, texlive versions are dates, albeit at the year |
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level). |
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I'm not saying this isn't a good idea, I just could see where it might |
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crash into reality at some point. |
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Rich |
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