Stephen, Taking into account that iproute releases are aligned with the kernel ones -- is there any real reason for the confusing DDMMYY double versioning?
I see that even the git tags go after the kernel releases.. Or. # git remote -v origin git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git (fetch) origin git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git (push) $ git log -p include/SNAPSHOT.h commit 1bfa3b3f66ef48bdabe0eb2a7c14e69f481dfa25 (tag: v5.7.0) Author: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> Date: Tue Jun 2 20:35:00 2020 -0700 v5.7.0 diff --git a/include/SNAPSHOT.h b/include/SNAPSHOT.h index 0d10a9c2..0d211784 100644 --- a/include/SNAPSHOT.h +++ b/include/SNAPSHOT.h @@ -1 +1 @@ -static const char SNAPSHOT[] = "200330"; +static const char SNAPSHOT[] = "200602"; commit 29981db0e051cd4c53920c89dddcf3d883343a0f (tag: v5.6.0) Author: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> Date: Mon Mar 30 08:06:08 2020 -0700 v5.6.0 diff --git a/include/SNAPSHOT.h b/include/SNAPSHOT.h index c0fa1bb4..0d10a9c2 100644 --- a/include/SNAPSHOT.h +++ b/include/SNAPSHOT.h @@ -1 +1 @@ -static const char SNAPSHOT[] = "200127"; +static const char SNAPSHOT[] = "200330"; commit d4df55404aec707bd55c9264c666ddb1bb05d7f1 (tag: v5.5.0) Author: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> Date: Mon Jan 27 05:53:09 2020 -0800 v5.5.0 diff --git a/include/SNAPSHOT.h b/include/SNAPSHOT.h index b98ad502..c0fa1bb4 100644 --- a/include/SNAPSHOT.h +++ b/include/SNAPSHOT.h @@ -1 +1 @@ -static const char SNAPSHOT[] = "191125"; +static const char SNAPSHOT[] = "200127"; etc