[scribus-dev] Is there a way to show the compiled build revision # for a dev build

a.l.e ale.comp_06 at xox.ch
Tue Jun 3 06:25:14 UTC 2014


On 03/06/14 07:16, Craig Bradney wrote:
> On 3/06/2014 3:57 am, Gregory Pittman wrote:
>> On 06/02/2014 09:49 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote:
>>> On 06/02/2014 06:49 PM, Kunda Loves Scribus wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:42 AM, Craig Bradney <cbradney at scribus.info
>>>> <mailto:cbradney at scribus.info>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>      > On 3 Jun 2014, at 0:31, Craig Bradney <cbradney at zip.com.au
>>>>      <mailto:cbradney at zip.com.au>> wrote:
>>>>      >
>>>>      > Hi
>>>>      >
>>>>      > I have added this capability tonight thanks to
>>>>      >
>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3780667/use-cmake-to-get-build-time-svn-revision
>>>>      >
>>>>      > Test it and see. If it all breaks for you tomorrow.. just
>>>>      comment out the new lines until I can fix.
>>>>      > Works here ok.
>>>>      >
>>>>      >
>>>>
>>>>      @Jean : as you don't use CMake I guess just #ifndef the about code
>>>>      out for Windoze builds. :)
>>>>
>>>>      Or you will have to write a script to pull in the svn version too.
>>>>
>>>>      Craig
>>>>
>>>> Craig,
>>>> 1st, you are a rockstar!!
>>>> 2nd, feedback: I compiled from r19172 on OS X 10.8.5
>>>> Opened the About Scribus dialog and I see:
>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/504gx6ny4x5p4ug/r19172-About-Scribus-screenshot.png
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Worked Ok here on 19177 on Fedora 20.
>>> One thing you have to realize is that this About Date is only periodically changed. It will not be
>>> the exact day you build, but whatever the date was set to when last changed. I think it's in
>>> about.cpp
>>>
>> Near the top of about.cpp you can find it hard-coded:
>>
>>          QString BUILD_DAY = "29";
>>          QString BUILD_MONTH = CommonStrings::may;
>>          QString BUILD_YEAR = "2014";
>>
>> Greg
>>
> Correct. And that will not be auto set.
>

any rationals for this?

personally, i find the "bump date"s in the logs a bit strange...

ciao
a.l.e



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