From 6bc5e9f7a5900aced40054fe1423ed4e8a450ba6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Prince <tom.prince@private.storage>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:03:36 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about tahoe-lafs version numbers.

---
 CONTRIBUTING.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 362658d..467ebe7 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
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