On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 7:11 PM, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> SJS wrote:
> //
>>> Seems like there ought to be some substitute for your purpose though --
>>> cannot a "build" operation create a build product containing a build id
>>> reflecting (perhaps among other things) the repository "changeset" -- if
>>> that is that the right term here?
>>
>> Is the the overall changeset that's important, or the release?
>
> Reading TR's mind :-) I was thinking that the need was to look at a
> system at-hand and answer where the $#@ did this "version" originate,
> and how can I reproduce it. Then (like your post referring to a
> versioned release file), I did an aha-to myself saying that there is
> probably an "official" build repository which creates the official
> builds released into the wild.
>
If I may allude to an old discussion, isn't this an argument for
embedding people-readable tags in object files?
carl
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