[Bf-committers] Why was BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR cleared?

[IRIE Shinsuke]

Thanks for the recommit.

Of course the build scripts use the svn revision, but also have to use 
the version character like "2.60.1+svn41828", where ".1" is translated 
from "a".

For example, most package systems compare the versions as:

   2.60 < 2.60+svn41834 < 2.60.1 < 2.60.1+svn41834 < 2.60.2 < 2.61

If we use "2.60+svn41834" for svn snapshot after 2.60a, the package 
system incorrectly downgrade it to "2.60.1" (= 2.60a).

> Recommited "a".
> Although I think this is wrong, this is only intended for a release.
> If you want to make svn snapshot packages you should use the svn revision.
>
> Am 14.11.2011 14:30, schrieb IRIE Shinsuke:
>> When BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE was changed to beta (r41802),
>> BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR also was reset to blank. As the result, build
>> scripts like build_files/package_spec/build_debian.sh recognize the
>> Blender's version as 2.60, which is less than 2.60a, and the
>> version-down confuses the package system so that the newer version
>> becomes not installable.
>>
>> Please keep BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR until 2.61 release!
>>
>> --
>> IRIE Shinsuke
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