Re: Libtool versioning for the Git repository

[Eric Blake]

Jeremiah Wilson <jeremiahpwilson <at> yahoo.com> writes:

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> I think that instead of having the more recent version at the end of the 
version string, it should be in front of the parentheses.So, instead of:
> libtool (GNU libtool 1.3016 2008-10-05) 2.2.7a
> I propose: libtool 2.2.7a (GNU libtool 1.3016 2008-10-05)

Unfortunately, this proposal violates GNU Coding Standards:
http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/standards.html#g_t_002d_002dversion

> The reason for this is that certain programs(Gnash BZR repository, Subversion 
SVN repository, etc.) appear to look inside the parentheses for the libtool 
version,

I suggest reporting that as a bug to those programs, then.

-- 
Eric Blake