[Fluxbox-users] Is this the development branch?

[Sharon Kimble]

I'm interested in possibly developing or building onto fluxbox, which I've
used now for several years and use it extensively even though I have several
other desktop environments installed.

I have cloned the git repository at - git clone
http://git.fluxbox.org/fluxbox.git but am concerned that when I load it in and
start to use it, it just shows -
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fluxbox -v
Fluxbox 1.3.5 : (c) 2001-2014 Fluxbox Team
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I would've expected to see several other numbers and letters after 'fluxbox
1.3.5' to show its place in the development tree. Is this then not the
development version that I have downloaded and built please? And if its not,
then where is the development version please?

Thanks
Sharon.

[Mathias Gumz]

heya

Post by Sharon Kimble
I'm interested in possibly developing or building onto fluxbox, which I've
used now for several years and use it extensively even though I have several
other desktop environments installed.

good to read.

Post by Sharon Kimble
I have cloned the git repository at - git clone
http://git.fluxbox.org/fluxbox.git but am concerned that when I load it in and
start to use it, it just shows -
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
fluxbox -v
Fluxbox 1.3.5 : (c) 2001-2014 Fluxbox Team
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
I would've expected to see several other numbers and letters after 'fluxbox
1.3.5' to show its place in the development tree. Is this then not the
development version that I have downloaded and built please? And if its not,
then where is the development version please?

this is the right tree.

$> fluxbox -info

should show you the right git-revision, if you are on a git-based fluxbox-build.

cheers,

[Sharon Kimble]

Post by Mathias Gumz
heya

Post by Sharon Kimble
I'm interested in possibly developing or building onto fluxbox, which I've
used now for several years and use it extensively even though I have several
other desktop environments installed.

good to read.

Post by Sharon Kimble
I have cloned the git repository at - git clone
http://git.fluxbox.org/fluxbox.git but am concerned that when I load it in and
start to use it, it just shows -
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
fluxbox -v
Fluxbox 1.3.5 : (c) 2001-2014 Fluxbox Team
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
I would've expected to see several other numbers and letters after 'fluxbox
1.3.5' to show its place in the development tree. Is this then not the
development version that I have downloaded and built please? And if its not,
then where is the development version please?

this is the right tree.
$> fluxbox -info

Thanks for this, it shows me
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Fluxbox version: 1.3.5
GIT Revision: 9b40943deaac2c72d3cc1c6ec4645a32562ab810
Compiled: Apr 19 2014 15:37:31
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
I just thought that the emacs way of renaming the development branched
programme was the 'de facto' standard! i.e. yesterday I was on emacs
24.4.50.6, whereas today I'm on 24.4.50.7!

I think tomorrow I shall start playing. I'll also post to the list my
'automated building' script, so others might find it useful too.

Post by Mathias Gumz
should show you the right git-revision, if you are on a git-based fluxbox-build.
cheers,

Thanks

Sharon.

[Mathias Gumz]

Post by Sharon Kimble
Fluxbox version: 1.3.5
GIT Revision: 9b40943deaac2c72d3cc1c6ec4645a32562ab810
Compiled: Apr 19 2014 15:37:31
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
I just thought that the emacs way of renaming the development branched
programme was the 'de facto' standard! i.e. yesterday I was on emacs

just because you use an OS as your editor does not make that the
de-facto-standard :)

Post by Sharon Kimble
24.4.50.6, whereas today I'm on 24.4.50.7!

well, this kind of version number does not really work well with
distributed instances of the fluxbox-source-tree. while you could be
on 1.1.1.1 for any given commit i could be on the same 1.1.1.1 while
beeing on a completely different commit which i have not pushed out to
the world yet. just relying on the commit-id is enough.

when you jump into #fluxbox and shout out your new stuff for your
1.1.1.1 .. who else would have the exakt same number? even when the
number is the same: you would have to say: i am running 1.1.1.1 PLUS
this number of my other cool patches which you dont have.

so, at least we don't do it the emacs-way, we just release a version
from time to time and otherwise refer to the git-commit which
introduced a stupid bug :)

cheers,