[gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: ebuild-writing/file-format/

["Ulrich Müller" <ulm@gentoo.org>]

commit:     15e584879453707f3ffdd5ec94dc9f2a10a8832a
Author:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sun Mar 21 04:21:22 2021 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Tue Mar 30 07:31:21 2021 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=15e58487

ebuild-writing/file-format: mention 99999999 as live for YYYYMMDD versions

Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>

 ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml
index ff738c2..bd87629 100644
--- a/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml
+++ b/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ is $(upcoming-version)_preYYYYMMDD.
 <p>
 The policy for so-called <e>live</e> ebuilds
 (see <uri link="::ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/#src_unpack Actions"/>)
-is to use <c>9999</c> as the version (or as the last version component).
+is to use <c>9999</c> as the version (or as the last version component). For
+packages with more than 4 digits e.g. YYYYMMDD format, <c>99999999</c> is an
+acceptable alternative.
 </p>
 
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