On 17/02/15 20:30, Boris Faure wrote:
> On 15-02-17 09:35, Tom Hacohen wrote:
>> On 16/02/15 21:38, Boris Faure wrote:
>>> Hi fellow developers,
>>>
>>> I want to add to an api in the efl. It is not important to know what it
>>> is about but I want to use it in terminology.  It should be included in
>>> efl-1.14 if everything goes according to my plan.  In terminology, I've
>>> got the following:
>>> #if (EFL_VERSION_MAJOR > 1) || (EFL_VERSION_MINOR >= 14)
>>>     [code that uses that new api]
>>> #endif
>>> I modified my efl source code with that new api and installed it.  But
>>> the current efl version is 1.13.99 since we're in dev mode.  My '#if' in
>>> terminology does not apply here.  I can not test for 1.13.99 using
>>> EFL_VERSION* because EFL_VERSION_MICRO is not defined.
>>>
>>> What is the correct way to handle that situation?
>>> Having EFL_VERSION_MINOR >= 13 is not acceptable as I am sure I will
>>> forget to change it.
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>
>> First of all, it needs to be &&, not || :P
>
> Please, read it again :)
> Yes, it only works because there wasn't any 0.14.

Sorry, saw >= not > :P

>
>> Second of all, even that is not a good solution because you can't be
>> sure the API will really be included as is in .14 and you can
>> accidentally release it before .14 and then we'll change the API or
>> something. You probably need to have a manual review anyway.
>>
>> Best is probably have a centralised place where you define a macro for
>> the new feature (terminology_private.h or whatever) which also has a
>> #warning or something to make sure you revisit it. Even if you check for
>>   >= 1.13.99 it won't help, as you might have an older version from git
>> to work against.
>>
>> Another thing you could do, but is not really safe, is rely on VREV,
>> which is a sequential number since the beginning of the current branch
>> (similar to svn rev), but it's unsafe because you can have the same
>> number in a different branch (let's say 1.13 stable).
>
> No perfect solution :(
>
>
>
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