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

[ale rimoldi]

hi
>>>>> 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
> The rationale for this is it prevents uneeded rebuilds in auto
> builders like OBS  e.g. build.opensuse.org
>

ok, i understand!

could the revision number be used in place?

ciao
a.l.e