[mythtv] SVN version info

[Tom Lichti]

Isaac Richards wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 November 2005 03:46 pm, Tom Lichti wrote:
>   
>>
>> I like this idea, is there any harm in changing the following line in
>> mythcontext.h:
>>
>> #define MYTH_BINARY_VERSION "0.19.20051128-1"
>>
>> to something like
>>
>> #define MYTH_BINARY_VERSION "0.19.20051128-1 SVN Rev. 8089"
>>
>> or even better:
>>
>> #define MYTH_BINARY_VERSION "0.19.20051128-8089"
>>
>> Would it cause any problems elsewhere? After looking at the code,
>> app_binary_version is used as the variable, defined as a Qstring, so it
>> should work, no?
>>
>> I'll try it on my checkout and see what happens... :)
>>     
>
> That would require recompiling everything (all plugins, etc) every time a user 
> updated a checkout.  Bad idea.
>
> Isaac
After looking at the code some more, I just realized that...

It would be really nice if there was something on the Server Status page 
that showed the SVN rev, so it would be easy to point users to that info 
for verification. If I get really ambitious I might try adding it...

Tom