[GRASS5] question about version numbers

[Michael Barton]

Glynn

On my CVS client it looks like I can give a file a specified new revision
number, overriding the normal CVS incremental revision assignment. I haven't
tried it. But if it is possible, do you think it is OK to do this?

Michael

On 8/17/04 12:07 PM, "Glynn Clements" <glynn.clements at virgin.net> wrote:

> 
> 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.
> 



> 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?
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