[Python-checkins] commit of r41744 - in python/trunk: Doc/api/init.tex Doc/lib/libsys.tex Include/pythonrun.h Mac Makefile.pre.in Misc/NEWS Modules/getbuildinfo.c Python/sysmodule.c

[Barry Warsaw]

On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 13:01 +0100, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> I wouldn't be surprised if other tools out there parse the
> sys.version string in a similar way. Wouldn't it be better
> to keep the old format (after all, the Subversion revision number
> is a single number as well - just like the old buildno) ?!

Not if we wanted to keep the (possibly) trailing 'M', which is useful
information.  svnversion can also return a range of revisions, which I
think we also decided was useful information.

However we /could/ keep the '#' prefix which is what I think broke that
test.  So in the simple case the format would be the same, but in the
more complicated cases (which only developers should see) it might be
different.

-Barry

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