Version information missing

[thomas]

Hard to tell if this is a feature request or a bug.

But since the github releases are well crafted, it would be helpful if the executable would also tell the version, and maybe even the protocol revision ?

[donald]

Hmm, we have fakeroot bee list cmirror.

How can cmirror know its version? Mirror the (expected next) version in the sources (Makefile) ? Easy to forget, additional work for every change and easy to get out of sync. As bee doesn't build from git, we can't use git describe --tags, which also has its problems anyway.

Any ideas how to implement this best?

[thomas]

I agree that the version info is not that important when using mariux with bee and pdist working hand in hand.

In case you install it on a different *nix, it is helpful to know at what stage /usr/bin/cmirror on some host is. I also agree that there is no simple/straight way to keep the version info of the software and the git-mechanics consistant. OTOH every other software project with public users has to deal with this problem.

Well, i think it is inevitable to do an extra check for the correct version before creating a git-release - in case you want this feature.