[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

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Barry Warsaw wrote:
> 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.

Fair enough.

I think this information would really only be useful for developers
anyway and they can easily adapt their stuff to the new layout.

It's the users of tools which use the final distributed versions
which would run into problems they can't easily solve.

Thanks,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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