[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #587: svn versions should better reflect svn rev

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#587: svn versions should better reflect svn rev
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  Reporter:  hamish       |       Owner:  martinl  
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened 
  Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  6.4.0    
 Component:  default      |     Version:  6.4.0 RCs
Resolution:               |    Keywords:  g.version
  Platform:  All          |         Cpu:  All      
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Comment (by hamish):

 > Replying to [comment:31 hamish]:
 > > I'd drop the --verbose option and just make the version number
 > > "solid". It's a neat trick, but the rev number is usually what
 > > you want to see and most folks won't discover the --v by chance.

 Replying to [comment:32 martinl]:
 > The default version formatting would not probably contain info
 > about revision number,

 I disagree, when working with a SVN copy you always should know the exact
 rev number you are dealing with. 6.5svn or 7.0svn both cover code over
 years of development which represents completely different, well,
 everything. Without the rev number the version data is mostly useless.

 > e.g. as used for manual page header.

 For things like help pages headers where you just want like "GRASS 6.4:
 Raster Modules" you can always parse the string (or probably easier to
 just hard code it..). For final releases all the extra noise is gone
 anyway and replaced with simply ".z", so it isn't a problem there.


 2c,
 Hamish

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