[petsc-dev] adding Report Typo and Errors link to manual pages

Satish Balay balay at mcs.anl.gov
Mon Jan 6 20:01:01 CST 2014


On Mon, 6 Jan 2014, Jed Brown wrote:

> Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> writes:
> 
> > One can always derive the readable info from the full hash..
> >
> > $ git describe 06283fd4323cef45a7147b2226c8e0c084e2
> > v3.4.3-2283-g06283fd
> >
> > For now I'll keep the full hash here. If it needs to be changed - all
> > usages can be changed at the same time..
> 
> The reason I prefer the "git describe" output is that it provides the
> information up-front, so that you can have it in mind while you think
> about what might be wrong.  For example, if we see v2.2.1-54321-g01dbad,
> we know right off that someone must have copied ancient pages somewhere.
> The cost of manual translation is not just the time to perform the
> mechanical steps, but also the time spent thinking about the problem
> without the benefit of that information.

ok changed to 'git describe' [and merged with next]

Satish



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