On 09/04/2011 20:49, Jon Davies wrote:
On 9 April 2011 18:29, Steve<startrek.st...@gmail.com> wrote:
I dont,know,about everyone else, but Im getting confused about all these
different patches. Can we have some kind of version numbering system so we
know what we're running and what we need to address certain problems? Cos my
patched Dinky version still says 2.79.
Yes, it can get confusing. The 2.79 version number is used by the
updating mechanism in get_iplayer itself, and it's only useful to
change it if the patches have been applied to the main repository.
(otherwise it would get *really* messy.) It increases roughly when
there's a *stable* update available.
I decided not to monkey around with the version string for that reason,
and because I didn't want to make any changes that couldn't be cleanly
integrated with the master repository. I also considered just adding
text to the copyright message (get_iplayer -V) but rejected it for the
same reason. I wouldn't expect my patched version to live long enough
outside the master repository to require a separate identity for most
users. If that turns out not to be the case, I may have to reconsider.
We were in a slight bind this past month because the BBC made changes
that more or less broke get_iplayer for a lot of people, so I decided to
be a git librarian of sorts and make a cleanly patched version available
so people didn't have to sort out the patching for themselves.
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