[Python-checkins] commit of r41744 - in python/trunk: Doc/api/init.texModules/getbuildinfo.c Python/sysmodule.c

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> 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).

Right, but only if you haven't done an "svn update" right before
building the code. I would assume this to be the standard case
if you intend to build a binary distribution.

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