Re: GNOME Desktop Version String

[Ross Golder <ross golder org>]

Probably you want a translatable string as well as a number, as string
comparisons on a translated string might not be as effective or
efficient as a numeric comparison :)

--
Ross

On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 16:32, 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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