Re: GNOME Desktop Version String

[John Sheehan <John Sheehan Sun COM>]

Luis Villa wrote:
>
>So, umm... what is a gnome desktop version, exactly? What would, say,
>the string/number for what Ximian users have right now read? What should
>it read if they update 1/2 of their gnome packages tomorrow, but, say,
>libgnome is not in the set of updates? How would this differ from
>someone who got the latest 1.4 from ftp.gnome.org? Would it differ at
>all?
>

It seems strange that a new user to Gnome has no clear indication
as to whether they are working on a 1.4 or 2.0 product.

The file/string can be anything:
  - optional: no file exists, implies versionless as at present
  - generic: simply "Gnome 2.0" as opposed to "Gnome 1.4" which may
    be of value even to Red Carpet users ?
  - Specific: "Gnome 2.0.1c"
  - Advisory: "Gnome 2.0 Beta - use with caution !" (Wasn't there
    just discussion about having a special splashscreen to signify
    beta ?  Why not have a optional version string (that might be
    superimposed on Splashcreen instead))
  
Default could be either to have no such file, or have a file that
says "2.0".  Distributions can change the file/string or not as they 
wish.  Apps can display it (if it exists) or not.

John

>I'm all in favor of having some kind of across-the-entire-release
>versioning scheme but at the moment it seems like we* don't have much
>clue what such a version would mean or indicate. This, I think, makes
>inserting such a thing into gnome-about and the like a little premature,
>doesn't it?
>
>Luis
>
>*OK, /maybe/ just me... but I don't think I'm the only one.
>
>
>On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 11:32, Glynn Foster wrote:
>> Heya,
>> I've just added a version string to the gnome-desktop cvs module on the
>> advice of John here. I really think it's a good idea, and could act as a
>> good way to identify what GNOME release you have. I know that certainly
>> Sun would find such a string useful, and I figure that others will as
>> well. Currently it is just a number, which could be turned into a
>> translatable string if people thought it was worthwhile enough. 
>> 
>> It installs into $(prefix)/share/gnome-about/gnome-version as I figure
>> it's probably a good idea to get this into the GNOME About dialog
>> sometime soon. In any case, it's not doing any harm and could prove to
>> be useful, so it's really just a mail to let you know [and to prompt
>> discussion about how better it could be utilized].
>> 
>> 			See ya,
>> 				Glynn ;)
>> 
>> 
>> 
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