[GRASS5] question about version numbers

[Glynn Clements]

Michael Barton wrote:

> I am about to upload an updated tcltkgrass for 5.7 to the CVS. Glynn
> Clements helped revamp gui.tcl after I cleaned out about 2/3 of the code
> because it is unused now. menu.tcl also has some updates to go along with
> this clean up. Both deserve a change in version numbers. Internally (i.e.,
> in the header to the program), menu.tcl is going from 4.0 to 4.1.
> 
> So here is my question. The CVS was started considerably after the GRASS
> project and so it¹s version numbers are quite different from the internal
> version numbers, at least for the modules that I¹ve been dealing with. I was
> wondering:
> 
> 1. Would it be a good idea to change the CVS version numbers to match the
> internal version numbers with the idea that they stay in sync thereafter and
> can help others see where the module revisions are at? Or is this a bad idea
> for some reason?
> 
> 2. Would it be a good idea to give all modules of tcltkgrass the same
> version number, updating it across all modules as needed? Currently,
> menu.tcl is at 4.0 and gui.tcl is at 1.1. Or is it better if each module of
> this package gets version numbers as the individual module is changed?

Are you referring to CVS revision numbers, as listed by "cvs log" and
by "$Id: ... $" in file comments? Or something else?

There isn't much that can realistically be done about CVS revision
numbers; those are generated automatically.

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Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>