[PD-dev] Pd's build date / build version

[Roman Haefeli]

On Fre, 2017-07-14 at 21:56 +0200, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:
> On 07/13/2017 05:35 PM, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> > 
> > Hey all
> > 
> > I couldn't find any reliable way to identify a compiled Pd binary.
> > The
> > only info I have is the creation date.
> > 
> > Wouldn't it be cool for developers if Pd would display its build
> > date
> to the contrary.
> most of the time build dates have little meaning, and turn out to
> create
> confusion.
> Pd-0.38-3 should by all means behave the same, regardless of whether
> it
> was compiled tonight, or 10 years ago

I see your point, but I still find it helpful to know when _I_ last
compiled Pd.

> apart from that: Pd already displays that information, both with the
> "-version" and the "-verbose" flags (but in both cases, only on
> stdout).

Yeah, totally. Can't tell anymore why I missed that. Thanks and sorry
for the noise.

> > somewhere and possible even the version (shortened commit hash)?
> > 
> that's much more meaningful, but also much harder to get for all
> supported platforms.

I see.

Roman

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