Question about TRUNK branch version name

Question about TRUNK branch version name

[La Poste]

Silly question about 
executables compiled using git repository..


$ ../gdb
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6.50.20131031-cvs

In ten years, people will certainly wonder why
there is a -cvs suffix in the version string...

  Of course, changing -cvs to -git might
ender some scripts obsolete...
But I thought I would ask anyhow!



Pierre Muller

Re: Question about TRUNK branch version name

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Pierre" == La Poste <freepascal@laposte.net> writes:

Pierre> Silly question about 
Pierre> executables compiled using git repository..

Pierre> $ ../gdb
Pierre> GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6.50.20131031-cvs

Pierre> In ten years, people will certainly wonder why
Pierre> there is a -cvs suffix in the version string...

Pierre>   Of course, changing -cvs to -git might
Pierre> ender some scripts obsolete...
Pierre> But I thought I would ask anyhow!

While doing the conversion I purposely avoided trying to make any other
process changes.  My thinking was that this would both make the task
simpler, and allow us to focus any discussions on the task at hand
rather than get sidetracked into other disputes.

Now that this is pretty much done I think it's fine if you want to make
changes.  I think there are a few things in gdb that don't really make
sense in the post-git world.

Tom

RE: Question about TRUNK branch version name

[Pierre Muller]

> Pierre>   Of course, changing -cvs to -git might
> Pierre> ender some scripts obsolete...
> Pierre> But I thought I would ask anyhow!
> 
> While doing the conversion I purposely avoided trying to make any other
> process changes.  My thinking was that this would both make the task
> simpler, and allow us to focus any discussions on the task at hand
> rather than get sidetracked into other disputes.
> 
> Now that this is pretty much done I think it's fine if you want to make
> changes. 

  I didn't say it was important, but just wondered
if we should leave that untouched...

> I think there are a few things in gdb that don't really make
> sense in the post-git world.

  Wooaah... you are going faster than light... :-)

git is already superseeded, so what's the name of the next level?


Pierre