[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:  grass-dev@…              
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                      
  Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  6.4.2                    
 Component:  Default      |     Version:  svn-trunk                
Resolution:               |    Keywords:  g.version, configure     
  Platform:  All          |         Cpu:  All                      
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Comment(by martinl):

 Replying to [comment:60 hamish]:

 > > It's not right, it's not redundant for final release at all. Currently
 > > users have no information what is the revision of their build
 (g.version,
 > > wxGUI About window). It's common information which user could expect
 to know.
 >
 > It's completely redundant for a tagged release. In that case the version
 number of GRASS is all that is important and the svn version is simply an
 unused development artifact, 100% documented if they care to look it up
 (~10 sec in trac), but mostly irrelevant trivia to non-developers.
 >
 > I suppose someone with a random nightly build of 6.4.svn would not know
 if they are before or after a point release, or someone just saw a "fixed
 in stable branch r12345" and wanted to quickly know if their GRASS was
 newer or older than that, but that's about it.

 In one sentence: I can't see any point why user should not have access to
 this information (in the case he/she is interested about that).

 > > > The release branch must be tested when .svn/ dirs and svn CLI tools
 are not
 > > > present on the tarball/build machine. (in my quick tests last year I
 just su
 > > > renamed those temporarily in /usr/bin/, see earlier comments in the
 ticket)
 > > > It would not be nice to only discover a bug once the tarball was
 released and
 > > > a non-dev tried it.
 > >
 > > This feature has been introduced 17 months ago (r39622). Recently
 backported to
 > > devbr6 by you. What time is need to get finally this minor feature to
 release? ;-)
 >
 > you miss my point. it has been tested in developers' svn builds, but
 never outside of svn builds, which is what a point release is (svn
 export). A beta1 or RC1 release is a suitable time to test that, so if you
 want to take responsibility it, by all means go for backport now.

 thanks, I can take this kind of responsibility, going to backport it.

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