RE: Automatically increment build number

[Weber, Mathias-Henry 1254 PPW-P1]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Nairn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 8. May 2001 19:32
> To: 'Weber, Mathias-Henry 1254 PPW-P1'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Automatically increment build number
> 
> 
> Is it necessary for your build number to be checked into cvs? 
> You could have
> every cvs commit update a build number file on a shared disk. 
> Your build
> system could use this file to obtain a build number. I know 
> this is not
> without its own problems, but it's an alternative solution.
> Jerry
> 

No it is absolutely not necessary. But it is not possible to have a shared
disk because the developers are spread throughout the "world". The only
central server we have is the cvs server.

Mathias

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