[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:56 hamish]:
 > Still, it is only relevant for svn (nightly) builds, and is redundant
 for final releases. It's fundamentally a dev branch aid.

 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.

 > 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? ;-)
 >
 > Hamish

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