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Re: Version numbers
On 16-Feb-2001, Toon Moene <toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl> wrote:
> "Joseph S. Myers" wrote:
>
> > Perhaps we should have a *single* file in CVS containing all the version
> > numbers, and create all other files needed at build / configure time?
> >
> > That is,
> >
> > * CVS date.
> > * GCC version (3.0, etc.).
> > * g77 version (0.5.26, etc.).
> > * CHILL version (1.5.2, etc.).
> > * gcov version (1.5, etc.).
> >
> > and any others.
>
> This sounds like a *very* good idea to me !
I'm not so sure that this is a good idea. Doing it this way would
mean that adding a new front-end can't be done by just providing new
files in a new directory. Instead, patches to the language-independent
stuff would be required. Furthermore, such patches are very likely to
have conflicts. That could be a real pain.
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