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by kijin 4227 days ago
Hashes would make it a lot easier to detect sneaky last-minute changes.
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dllthomas 4227 days ago
At the same time, though, you lose the thread if you miss any "X is the next version of Y" update. Probably HR-number-hash would be ideal.
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mgkimsal 4226 days ago
or maybe just 'version numbers'.

HR3361.4 HR3361.5 HR3361.6

etc

Easier for everyone to understand, not just geeks...

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dllthomas 4226 days ago
People get tempted to play shenanigans like reusing numbers.
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mgkimsal 4226 days ago
datetime?

HR3361.20141106142502

almost as bad as hash, but immediately parseable and understood if a version was before or after something else.

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