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[PATCH] gnu: emacs-julia-mode: Update to 0.4.

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From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Brett Gilio <brettg <at> gnu.org>
Cc: timhowes <at> lavabit.com, 44003 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: [bug#44003] [PATCH v2] gnu: emacs-julia-mode: Update to
 0.4-0.8bfc709.
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:42:16 +0200

Dear,

On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 at 21:33, Brett Gilio <brettg <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Using tagged releases is preferred. I would remove the commit
> let-binding and go about it using version numbering.

It is currently the convention and uniformity matters. :-)
But IMHO it is bad practise.  Using commit hash enforces
content-addressed, which is obviously not the case with "tags".  Tags
are fragile for upstream in-place replacement, for example.  For
reference, [1] and BTW all the thread is worth to read. :-)

1: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-05/msg00236.html>

All the best,
simon

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