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[PATCH] gnu: git: Update to 2.39.0.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Greg Hogan <code <at> greghogan.com>, 60042 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#60042] What to call pinned package versions
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 18:27:41 +0100

Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> Well, we also have another option:
>
>    + Option d.: the version in the symbol; as in htslib-1.14.
>
>    Considering the initial example,
>
>      git-minimal/fixed    ->    git-minimal-2.33.1

That would require us to update all the users of this package anytime we
change versions, so to me that’s much less convenient that
‘git-minimal/fixed’.  It also fails to convey the intent, which is to
pin to a version, whichever that is.

Ludo’.

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