In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> "Ralf S. Engelschall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 
>> Yes, Ben is right: At the release level people can use OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER
>> and that should be enough. When we start at the development level to increase
>> a number for every API change we get the same chaos as for Apache: it's often
>> forgotten, people complain about two much such numbers to check for, etc. pp.
> 
> We *could* add a file with an extra #define that is automatically set
> to the current date each time a snapshot is tar'ed -- e.g.
> 
> #define OPENSSL_VERSION_DATE 0x19990518

Yes, an automatic and simple approach like this is ok.

                                       Ralf S. Engelschall
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