first short reply before i must dash for a bit ...
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010, Philip Olson wrote:
> On Mar 20, 2010, at 8:00 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > it's not clear what version of PHP the online manual refers to.
> > i would *guess* that it's the output of a fairly recent build of
> > the doc trunk, but it wouldn't hurt to make that explicitly clear
> > at the beginning somewhere.
>
> It includes the build date on the opening page although not the SVN
> revision it's based on. I vaguely remember someone asking to insert
> the SVN revision before and a little brain storming on how took
> place but ... maybe one day.
i don't think you need to be precise, it's just not clear whether
the online manual closely tracks the svn repo, or whether it simply
represents the latest *official* release (5.3.2), or what. just
something simple in the preface clarifying that in general would be
useful -- no need to get it to the svn revision level.
rday
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