[Python-Dev] Expose Subversion revision number to Python

[Barry Warsaw]

SF patch # 1382163 is a fairly simple patch to expose the Subversion
revision number to Python, both in the Py_GetBuildInfo() text, and in a
new Py_GetBuildNumber() C API function, and via a new sys.build_number
attribute.  This number is calculated from the output of "svn info" at
the top of the tree.  If not building Python from a Subversion checkout,
the old way of calculating buildno is kept.

(Of course, this change only gets the right number into the Unix build.
Someone else can hopefully add the necessary magic for Windows.  Patch
tested only on Linux though.)

Is there any interest in this patch?  I'm happy to commit it if there
are no objections.

-Barry

Python 2.5a0 (#41708, Dec 15 2005, 23:59:14) 
[GCC 3.3.6 (Gentoo 3.3.6, ssp-3.3.6-1.0, pie-8.7.8)] on linux2
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>>> import sys
>>> sys.build_number
41708
>>> 

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