Re: VCS comparison table

On 18 Oct 2006, Carl Worth [off-list ref] wrote:

I understand that bzr also has unique identifiers, but it sounds like
the tools try to hide them, and people aren't in the habit of using
them for things like this. Do bzr developers put revision numbers in
their bug trackers? Is there a guarantee they will always be valid?

There is a mix of 

 - Just giving the overall tarball version number, which is most 
   meaningful to users (and not related to bzr versions)

 - Giving a mainline revision number, which will never revert because we
   never pull (fast-forward) that branch.  That has the substantial
   (imo) benefit that you can immediately compare these numbers by eye,
   and they are easy to quote.

 - Giving a unique id, which is obviously most definitive and
   appropriate if you're talking about something which is not 
   on the mainline or a well known branch.  The launchpad.net 
   bug tracker links branches to bugs and does this through 
   revision ids.

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Martin