On 7/24/06, Travis Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Straw has emphasized that the current strategy of appending the > SVN version number to development versions of the SVN tree makes it hard > to do version sorting. > > His proposal is to not change the version number until the first beta > comes out.
I have to say that being able to quickly see the actual SVN revision number in the version helps a LOT in tracking down problems. Just look at how many posts on the list start with the canonical In [4]: import numpy,scipy In [5]: numpy.__version__ Out[5]: '0.9.9.2803' In [6]: scipy.__version__ Out[6]: '0.5.0.2079' printouts before discussing the problem. I don't really feel strongly about the issue, but if you change this, then please add a __revision__ attribute as well, so that this information can be quickly asked for in pure python (we don't want to bother newbies with obscure SVN lingo, esp. if they got their install from someone else). Cheers, f ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
