Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
> 
> 
> drh> Yes I'd agree with that or at least an option to automate clearing out
> drh> the new dev version numbers. Currently such changes will only affect
> drh> Windows DLL builds AFAICS.
> 
> Oh, VMS as well as soon as I've debugged the script I'm working on
> :-).
> 
> Now, I'm not entirely sure on exactly what you agree with.  If yo read
> carefully, my message has sevaral parts that may be separately
> agreeable :-).
> 

OK in more detail...

> 
> I wonder then, would it be a good thing to have the last release
> maximum slot number stored somewhere, to be updated during a release
> only?  The purpose of that is that above that number, anything goes,
> functions may be reorganised, removed, readded.
> 

I agree about storing the last release slot number somewhere maybe in
the .num files themselves?

Wwrt this "reorganisation": provided it doesn't mean that adding or
deleting a single function could potentially result in a large portion
of the .num file being reordered on the next "make update" then that's
OK by me.

Steve.
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