diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst index 362658dd97f01f11c6b235055831b8154e2b31f4..467ebe7c1e6199366594768bcb4a246091157651 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst @@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ To update to the latest commit, run It is also possible to pass ``pull/<pr-number>/head`` to test against a specific PR. +.. note:: + + Since tahoe-lafs doesn't have correct version information when installed from a github archive, + the packaging in ``default.nix`` includes a fake version number. + This will need to be update manually at least when the minor version of tahoe-lafs changes. + If you want to test multiple versions, you can add an additional source, pointing at other version .. code:: shell