[plt-scheme] Change info/rollback question?

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Tue Oct 17 11:47:38 EDT 2006

On Oct 17, Richard Cobbe wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 10:47:35AM -0400, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> 
> > Minor version bumps happen mostly when there are change in the core.
> > They are therefore as arbitrary as revision numbers, and you can simply
> > use subversion with either that, or with a date.
> 
> In principle, Eli, you're exactly right.  In practice, however, it
> is not at all convenient to map from a minor version number to
> either a date or an SVN revision number.  While the information does
> exist, it's primarily in the archives of this mailing list, which
> can be difficult to search.

I'm saying something different: for many purposes (such as changes to
the web server), a minor version number is just as good as a revision
number or a date.

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