Re: GNOME Desktop Version String
- From: John Sheehan <John Sheehan Sun COM>
- To: desktop-devel-list gnome org, louie ximian com
- Subject: Re: GNOME Desktop Version String
- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:16:49 +0000 (GMT)
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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