Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> writes: > Here are examples of the old, new and possible alternative formats using > likely maximum-length components:
> old: #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Tue Mar 21 23:12:08 GMT 2023 [46] > new: #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Debian 9.99~rc99-9~experimental.9 [51] > alt: #1 SMP PREEMPT RT 2023-02-21 Debian 9.99~rc99-9~experimental.9 [62] > alt: #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Debian 9.99~rc99-9~experimental.9 (2023-02-21) [64] > We could perhaps shorten 'experimental' to 'exp', which would leave > stable security updates with the longest version strings and allow for: > alt: #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Tue Mar 21 2023 Debian 9.99.99-9codename9 [59] > alt: #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Debian 9.99.99-9codename9 (Tue Mar 21 2023) [61] > Would anyone like to argue in favour of any particular alternative? I will at least make a plea for ISO dates rather than the specific date format in the last two examples. I think my favorite is the last example, with an ISO date (2023-03-21). Shortening experimental to exp seems like a good idea anyway. -- Russ Allbery ([email protected]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
