[pacman-dev] [PATCH 2/6] makepkg: devel_check(): determine vcs

[Matthew Monaco]

On 03/12/2012 04:56 PM, Allan McRae wrote:
> On 13/03/12 05:22, Matthew Monaco wrote:
>> On 03/12/2012 01:13 PM, Dave Reisner wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:53:11PM -0600, dgbaley27 at 0x01b.net wrote:
>>>> From: Matthew Monaco <matthew.monaco at 0x01b.net>
>>>>
>>>> Rather than prioritizing an arbitrary VCS, collect all development
>>>> directives. If there is more than one, use the package name as a hint.
>>>> If that doesn't work, abort.
>>>> ---
>>>
>>> I'm not really sure I understand the need for this. In what use case
>>> are multiple VCS definitions needed?
>>>
>>
>> I've only seen multiples when a project is transitioning to a new system. Either
>> way, I think that splitting the check for the which vcs is being used and
>> setting the new version might be useful.
>>
> 
> I do not understand this argument.  I have never seen a project
> transitioning from one VCS to another in such a way that you had to use
> both VCS systems to get the source.  If that happens, you probably have
> two different projects managed by the same people and should have two
> packages.
> 

It wasn't the point of the change; just a potential scenario given when asked. I
was in the function and figured Murphy's Law indicated at some point someone was
going to do something funny.

The real change that I'm after is that a package has to be named appropriately
to get an automatic version bump by default.

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