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Date: Mon,  2 Dec 2013 17:01:07 -0800
From: Anthony Martin <ality@pbrane.org>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Go and 21-bit runes (and a bit of Go status)
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erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> once said:
> On Mon Dec  2 19:51:11 EST 2013, aram.h@mgk.ro wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 1:12 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> > > python's requirements are a proper subset of go's, since building go requires
> > > python be installed.
> >
> > No, it doesn't. Using mercurial to clone the tree requires python,
> > building Go does not require python, nor mercurial.
>
> have you tried in the last couple of months?  some changes were made
> that do some repo checking.  building requires hg now.

The standard way to get around this requirement is by
placing a VERSION file in the top-level directory.

It can contain any string but it's usually something like:

    devel +7326da92ff4d Mon Dec 02 09:06:41 2013 +1100

Cheers,
  Anthony