[Python-Dev] Expose Subversion revision number to Python

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Mon Dec 19 09:25:09 CET 2005


Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 19:19 +0100, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
> 
> 
>>It stopped counting builds on Windows quite some time ago; perhaps it
>>is best to drop the build number entirely?
> 
> 
> I think so, because it doesn't really convey anything useful.
> 
I thought it was more succinct than the build-date when rebuilding 
continuously during testing, but I guess I'm only -0 on dropping it.

regards
  Steve
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