[squeak-dev] More descriptive version report

Janko Mivšek janko.mivsek at eranova.si
Mon Oct 6 21:05:34 UTC 2008


Dear Squeakers,

Today I did squeak -version and I was surprised, that is, almost scared 
that 3.10 VM is still in beta:

    mivsek at pingo:~> squeak -version
    3.10-1 #1 Thu Apr 10 14:52:07 PDT 2008 gcc 4.1.2
    Squeak3.10beta of 22 July 2007 [latest update: #7159]
    Linux vps2.piumarta.com 2.6.9-023stab044.11-enterprise #1 SMP Sun 
Sep
    30 12:15:39 MSD 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
    default plugin location: /usr/local/lib/squeak/3.10-1/*.so

Well, after a short chat on IRC I learned that a first line holds the 
real version, not a second one. But second one is more visible and for 
sure I'm not the first one to make such a mistake.

So I propose that the version report is more descriptive, like:

   VM version: 3.10-1 #1 Thu Apr 10 14:52:07 PDT 2008 gcc 4.1.2
   built for image: Squeak3.10beta of 22 July 2007 [latest update: #7159]
   ...

In my opinion such small improvement wouldn't costs much but will lower 
the possible confusion quite a lot.

Best regards
Janko

-- 
Janko Mivšek
AIDA/Web
Smalltalk Web Application Server
http://www.aidaweb.si



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