Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Naming builds. Please???

On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 18:22 +0100, Uwe Altmann wrote:
> Hi Terry
>
> Am 07.12.11 15:13, schrieb Terrence Enger:
> > So, we could make LibreOffice copy its identification to the clipboard
> > in a form suitable for pasting into a Writer document (yes, I usually
> > have two versions of LO running), or into an email, or into a bug
> > report.  This could be available either as a button on the About
> > dialog or as an option on the Help menu.
>
>
> Since recently, you can just copy the content of the upper
> "About"-Dialog textbox; looks like
>
>   LibreOffice 3.4.4
>   OOO340m1 (Build:402)
>
> Would that be good enough or what Information else is needed there?

That question has has provoked a long discussion
"Naming builds. Please???"
<http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2011-December/021742.html>
on the dev list.  I should have thought to include that link
with my original comment; sigh.  The proposals include
identification of the downloaded package file, commit ids of
each contributing repository, times of commit to each
contributing repository, configuration options.

> Then
> perhaps it should be visible (and copyable) in this box too??

Presumably the implementation of whatever is chosen will
allow copying.  The suggesion here is that we may get
easier-to-read reports by making it easy for people to copy
the same stuff the same way.

Terry.



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