Re: [Chicken-hackers] Bumping version no. / build tag in banner

[Felix]

From: Jim Ursetto <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Chicken-hackers] Bumping version no. / build tag in banner
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 01:46:25 -0500

> Hi Felix,
> 
> On Jul 1, 2011, at 1:22 AM, Felix wrote:
>> 
>> Why are you so concerned about build-times? Do you build chicken a lot?
> 
> Often enough, and I assume you do too, when you are hacking.  Maybe not?

I assume there are few who build it more often than me. So far I didn't
find build-times overly problematic, but I use DEBUGBUILD, which speeds
up C compilation times.

> I have a patch that does all this already and works with or without git on 
> Unix and Windows.  Actually, it adds the git hash to the banner instead of 
> the version number, but the rest is the same.  I am finishing it up at the 
> moment.

Right, send it to me when you're ready.


cheers,
felix