Simon Marlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote,
Simon Marlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote,
A source snapshot of the current 4.07 branch is available here:
I don't like the formatting of the version number of the
pre-release much:
FateAmenableToChange chak 1007 (~): ghc --version
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version
pre-4.07-2613
FateAmenableToChange chak 1008 (~):
That's not very nice for autoconf macros that try to
identify the available Haskell compiler. Can't we have
something like 4.07.pre1 or so?
The date makes an ideal version number - it has day granularity and changes
all on its own :) Our nightly build script generates this version number
for all "snapshot" builds, ie. non-release builds. I don't really want to
get into numbering pre-releases as well as releases and patch levels
(fingers crossed for no 4.07.1...).
If you're talking about the gtk+hs autoconf script, it's just a case of
updating the regexps a bit, isn't it?
Gtk+HS, HOpenGL, C-Haskell, the forthcoming Ports library,
you name it...writing portable code for Haskell is hell!
The regexps are already weird enough. I am not saying that
it can't be done, I am just sick of sed. How about
4.07.pre2613
then? Same information content, simpler regexps.
Cheers,
Manuel
