At 00.41 31/10/02 +0000, you wrote: >> Is the "official" version number (i.e. 0.5.0.3) displayed anywhere in the= > web interface? In the General=20 >> Information, I see: >>=20 >> Version Information >> Node Version 0.5 >> Protocol Version 1.46 >> Build Number 527 >> CVS Revision 1.90.2.2 >>=20 >> It would be nice if there was some consistency in how builds/versions wer= >e named. My freenet node is telling me=20 >> it's version 0.5, even though it is 0.5.0.3 and the build number doesn't = >increment every time. Should I be going=20 >> by the CVS Revision to know if I have the latest? If so, then announcemen= >ts maybe should use those numbers since=20 >> the web gateway does display it correctly. >The build number is the important thing; maybe it should have been >incremented for 0.5.0.3. Traditionally the build number has only gone up >when the node behaviour changes, as opposed to the minor fixes that went >into 0.5.0.3 (anon filter fixes, and a fix for the luser mp3 wipe bug, >which won't affect existing successfully installed users).
Mattew, I (and not only me) totally disagree with this "traditionally" way to release; this not because I have a personal preference, but because this cause a *tremendous* waste of time for node operators and all people that try to debug their problem with nodes. "Traditionally" all software release in the world have a way to understand which binary is running (other that calculate the md5 signature) and to know if it is older or newer respect another one. I understand that include a timestamp in the compiled jar maybe is a difficult or less important task, but if this is the case, do something like a constant increment of the build number or whatewer thing you want to solve this problem for us. Is funny that the fproxy info section is filled with info that seems to allow to know the difference between version, and in fact just induce in error who need to know wich binary is running. Ciao. Marco -- + il Progetto Freenet - segui il coniglio bianco + * the Freenet Project - follow the white rabbit * * Marco A. Calamari marcoc at dada.it www.marcoc.it * * PGP RSA: ED84 3839 6C4D 3FFE 389F 209E 3128 5698 * + DSS/DH: 8F3E 5BAE 906F B416 9242 1C10 8661 24A9 BFCE 822B + _______________________________________________ devl mailing list devl at freenetproject.org http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
