Re: [patch] kbuild: Improve version string logic

Theodore Tso
2009-10-06T19:04:55Z

On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 08:37:07PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
>
> I really don't see how it improves visibility (unless you're oblivious
> to the difference between long and short strings), but I do know that I
> have a few parsers that this will break.
>
> I think adding the + unconditionally will also break things like
> debian's make-kpkg, for instance, since the + would get propagated into
> the package version which reserves the + for something else.
>
> Etc. Can we please make this stuff optional?

That's exactly what I'm afraid of. I'd really like to keep the long
version AUTOVERSION strings the same, please.

- Ted