From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Setting the value of `emacs-bzr-version' also from a git checkout Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:51:16 +0200 Message-ID: <87bo2uhie3.fsf@wanadoo.es> References: <87a9is6g2a.fsf@igel.home> <87pprokewg.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83iox2rd75.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1381575096 28009 80.91.229.3 (12 Oct 2013 10:51:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 10:51:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , Stefan Monnier , Emacs development discussions To: Dani Moncayo Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 12 12:51:39 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VUwnJ-0001aO-RR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:51:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57698 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUwnJ-00036m-9F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 06:51:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52106) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUwn9-00035i-VM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 06:51:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUwn2-0003SQ-LD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 06:51:27 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp10.acens.net ([86.109.99.134]:55865 helo=smtp.movistar.es) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUwn2-0003SB-BX; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 06:51:20 -0400 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A0B020C.525929A5.006B, ss=1, re=0.000, recu=0.000, reip=0.000, cl=1, cld=1, fgs=0 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown Original-Received: from qcore (83.36.170.35) by smtp.movistar.es (8.6.111.04) (authenticated as 981711563$telefonica.net) id 5258BE250003FC40; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 10:51:17 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Dani Moncayo's message of "Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:42:51 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 86.109.99.134 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:164137 Archived-At: Dani Moncayo writes: >> IOW, the revision-id is enough to unequivocally identify the revision >> in any given branch. > > Of course, but that would require the user to have bzr installed, just > to get the revnos from the revids. That would be too bad, and can be > easily avoided just by including the revnos in the git notes. Why is the *user* interested on getting the revno? For bug reporting, the revid is perfectly valid (and, as stated before, it is more precise than the revno.)