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author | Frederik Rietdijk <fridh@fridh.nl> | 2016-07-28 10:29:04 +0200 |
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committer | Frederik Rietdijk <fridh@fridh.nl> | 2016-07-29 08:53:24 +0200 |
commit | 25980ed01e505ff20d8678b3dc21682fdff79b52 (patch) | |
tree | 6c9026356934be98a4e581bf1587734ae0b36111 /doc/coding-conventions.xml | |
parent | 06dafa1b4f3e2fa3e1adee27ec88309ad1ccf97c (diff) |
DOC: unstable packages names should append -unstable, not -git or -svn
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/coding-conventions.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/coding-conventions.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coding-conventions.xml b/doc/coding-conventions.xml index e7166a64919b..8105611f2bac 100644 --- a/doc/coding-conventions.xml +++ b/doc/coding-conventions.xml @@ -251,16 +251,13 @@ bound to the variable name <varname>e2fsprogs</varname> in <listitem><para>The version part of the <literal>name</literal> attribute <emphasis>must</emphasis> start with a digit (following a - dash) — e.g., <literal>"hello-0.3-pre-r3910"</literal> instead of - <literal>"hello-svn-r3910"</literal>, as the latter would be seen as - a package named <literal>hello-svn</literal> by - <command>nix-env</command>.</para></listitem> + dash) — e.g., <literal>"hello-0.3.1rc2"</literal>.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>If package is fetched from git's commit then + <listitem><para>If a package is not a release but a commit from a repository, then the version part of the name <emphasis>must</emphasis> be the date of that (fetched) commit. The date must be in <literal>"YYYY-MM-DD"</literal> format. - Also add <literal>"git"</literal> to the name - e.g., - <literal>"pkgname-git-2014-09-23"</literal>.</para></listitem> + Also append <literal>"unstable"</literal> to the name - e.g., + <literal>"pkgname-unstable-2014-09-23"</literal>.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Dashes in the package name should be preserved in new variable names, rather than converted to underscores |