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

[GRASS GIS]

#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:  svn-trunk
Resolution:               |    Keywords:  g.version
  Platform:  All          |         Cpu:  All      
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Comment(by hamish):

 the next step is to backport ./configure -> Platform.make's
 svnversion -> GRASS_VERSION_SVN= magic to gr6.5.


 > I would rather remove the -r flag than displaying outdated info.

 this is just the latest libgis api version, it's a bug if that is
 displayed everywhere AS the grass version, but it's not a bug in g.version
 and not actually outdated. It can be important to know the gis.h version
 once you start to build addons, so I'd argue to save the flag. just don't
 show that rev in large text on the start up screen as something important.

  * note that folks building 6.4.0 from the tarball will likely not have
 Subversion installed and .svn/ dirs are stripped, so svnversion tricks
 will not work for final releases.

 but that's not a problem because knowing the exact svn revision is only
 pertinent for svn checkouts, i.e. the exact svn version is already known
 for tagged releases so not very relevant. It is very useful for builds of
 long-lived development branches however (6.5, 7).

 anyway, if it is eventually backported to 6.4, we need to ensure it
 doesn't get included in the final release, and we need to test the
 ./configure in the final tarball works correctly after .svn/ has been
 stripped, etc.


 regards,
 Hamish

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