bug#75880: relax five-digit maximum on revisions?

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On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 at 19:40, Ileana Dumitrescu <
[email protected]> wrote:

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> I like the idea of basing it off of timestamps. From a quick search, the
> longest timestamp I have seen was 18 digits. I would be fine with
> changing it to something shorter or longer if there was a better use
> case for it.
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Hi all,

Unix epoch  expressed in nanosecond is 19 digits:
$ k=$(date --date='now' +%s%N); printf $k|wc -c
19

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luigi

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote g=
mail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 27 Jan =
2025 at 19:40, Ileana Dumitrescu &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ileanadumitrescu95@g=
mail.com">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote =
class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px sol=
id rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
I like the idea of basing it off of timestamps. From a quick search, the<br=
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longest timestamp I have seen was 18 digits. I would be fine with<br>
changing it to something shorter or longer if there was a better use<br>
case for it.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi all,=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div=
>Unix epoch=C2=A0 expressed in nanosecond is 19 digits:</div><div>$ k=3D$(d=
ate --date=3D&#39;now&#39; +%s%N); printf $k|wc -c<br>19</div><div><br></di=
v><div>--</div><div>luigi</div></div></div>

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