[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

["Martin v. Löwis"]

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) ?!

What we are talking about here isn't a single number:
a subversion working copy is denoted by a set of revision
numbers, plus a set of local modifications (plus a "switched"
flag, which I don't understand).

svnversion reduces the notion of the set of version numbers
to only print minimum and maximum (and only a single number
if they are the same).

Regards,
Martin