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Version number in the output header? #213

Open tueda opened 7 years ago

tueda commented 7 years ago

Just a small thing. I thought I imitated the version number of Jos's setup in the FORM output header, like

FORM 4.2 (Jul  6 2017, v4.2.0) 64-bits

where the 4.2 is constructed from the major version and minor version, but actually I got

FORM 4.2.0 (Jul  6 2017, v4.2.0) 64-bits         Run: Thu Jul  6 18:10:17 2017

(i.e., with an extra .0). It would be OK (except for some software that uses the printed version), but then a question arises: which will be preferred for the next version 4.2.1 in future:

FORM 4.2 (XX-XX-20XX, v4.2.1) 64-bits

or

FORM 4.2.1 (XX-XX-20XX, v4.2.1) 64-bits

?

vermaseren commented 7 years ago

Hi Takahiro,

I would take the first version to minimize the amount of double information.

Jos

On 6 jul. 2017, at 18:13, Takahiro Ueda notifications@github.com wrote:

Just a small thing. I thought I imitated the version number of Jos's setup in the FORM output header, like

FORM 4.2 (Jul 6 2017, v4.2.0) 64-bits where the 4.2 is constructed from the major version and minor version, but actually I got

FORM 4.2.0 (Jul 6 2017, v4.2.0) 64-bits Run: Thu Jul 6 18:10:17 2017 (i.e., with an extra 0). It would be OK (except for some software that uses the printed version), but then a question arises: which will be preferred for the next version 4.2.1 in future:

FORM 4.2 (XX-XX-20XX, v4.2.1) 64-bits or

FORM 4.2.1 (XX-XX-20XX, v4.2.1) 64-bits ?

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tueda commented 7 years ago

Hi Jos,

Yes, I also like FORM 4.2 (XX-XX-20XX, v4.2.1) 64-bits.

"4.2" is the version that users can access by VERSION_ and SUBVERSION_, while v4.2.1 is a bit internal one. Another option would be to make SUBSUBVERSION_, but if our versioning is sane, 4.2.1 would contain only bug fixes and no new features.