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 -- GitLab