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DOC: unstable packages names should append -unstable, not -git or -svn

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Frederik Rietdijk 2016-07-28 10:29:04 +02:00
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@ -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