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[PATCH] gnu: svn-fetch: Make revision field optional.

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Message #34 received at 71371-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>,
 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>,
 Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>,
 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>,
 Florian Pelz <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>, 71371-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Christopher Baines <guix <at> cbaines.net>, Matthew Trzcinski <matt <at> excalamus.com>
Subject: Re: [bug#71371] [PATCH v2] gnu: svn-fetch: Allow specifying
 revisions as strings.
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:27:18 +0200

Hello,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:

>> Anyway, this patch is there to make my life less miserable while writing
>> a TeX Live updater. It is of no use (to me) if it is restricted to
>> internal projects. I'm not putting pressure on anyone though, if it
>> isn't accepted, I'll find other, probably more tedious, ways to complete
>> the updater.

> I see.  I don't have a strong opinion, if it eases the maintenance of
> the many texlive packages we carry, but it seems to me that an updater
> could do the work of associating an immutable SVN reference to a tag at
> the time of the import.

That's indeed the plan B I had in mind when I wrote about other ways.
It's a bit more involved, though.

Fair enough. I'll close this door and open a new one.

Regards,
-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

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