Revision Numbers - Fortune [possible satire]

rindolfjawnsy: no version numbers of what?
jawnsyrindolf: version numbers for your documentation stuff. like a way to download the web site as a tarball, with a version number (maybe even a date)
rindolfjawnsy: ah.
rindolfjawnsy: I'm using Subversion for it.
rindolfjawnsy: I can start making releases with version numbers.
tagsubversion revision numbers are not the same as version numbers, and typically shouldn't be used to source version numbers.
tagunless you don't care that the version number is totally meaningless. In that case, you might as well use a date so it can at least mean *something*
buutag: Let's use UUIDS!
tagoh, like git?
tagyeah it's the same
buu"Dude, version 91239213912ASD!@#ASDASDADS!@#!@!" is totally superior to "124912312ASD1242412FF232"
tagThey have no real value, other than the ability to uniquely identify a something
rindolfbuu: LOL.
Botjewell, git's sha1 sum at least identify a point in time
rindolftag: I won't use subversion rev numbers.
tagwithout telling you jack shit about what that something is
buuTo be fair, svn numbers increase..
rindolfbuu: yes, but an earlier branch can have a later rev number.
rindolfbuu: I think Config-IniFiles used CVS revisions as version numbers.
buurindolf: Uh oh
buurindolf: I feel the world around me collapsing.
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TaglineDiscussing revision numbers
Published2010-09-23