From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.org>
Cc: "GitList" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/2] Test the Git version string
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:12:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7v8v4imjji.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <99AE5E981E2547B6A71A4D77B17167B9@PhilipOakley> (Philip Oakley's message of "Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:25:24 +0100")
"Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
>> What kind of benefit are you envisioning out of this?
>
> The purpose of tests is to detect mistakes and spot regressions.
>
> A change to the 'git version X.Y.z' string would be a regression, as I
> spotted earlier, as it conflicts with expectations of standard
> programmes such as git-gui.
Sorry, but I do not follow.
A released version says "git version 1.8.2.1". In a month or so,
I'll have another one that says "git version 1.8.3". Or I may
decide to bump in preparation for 2.0 and it may identify itself as
"git version 1.9".
Neither of which no existing "program such as git-gui" has ever
seen.
In what way is that a regression?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-16 18:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-14 14:27 [RFC/PATCH 0/2] Test the Git version string Philip Oakley
2013-04-14 14:27 ` [RFC/PATCH 1/2] test git " Philip Oakley
2013-04-14 14:27 ` [RFC/PATCH 2/2] Doc: State the exact " Philip Oakley
2013-04-14 19:22 ` [RFC/PATCH 0/2] Test the Git " Junio C Hamano
2013-04-14 21:26 ` Philip Oakley
2013-04-15 1:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-16 7:25 ` Philip Oakley
2013-04-16 18:12 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2013-04-16 18:24 ` David Aguilar
2013-04-16 19:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-16 21:22 ` Philip Oakley
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