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Obfuscate the regexps to strip off the IBM compiler's copyright banners. I don't want bots scanning github to think they're real copyright notices because that could cause real problems.
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1 Theory of AG version numbers (as of 20060806, updated 20070603, 20070613)
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4 - Any version of AG has a "base version number". This is 2.01 for
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5 2.01, 2.40 for the first public open source version, 2.50 for the
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6 stable open source version, and 3.00 for the first GTK version,
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7 whenever that appears. This version goes into the Windows registry.
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9 - Development snapshots leading up to the first release with a
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10 particular base version number are numbered with the new base version,
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11 a dash, and the date or a release candidate number. Examples:
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12 2.40-20070610; 2.40-RC2.
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14 - Stable versions have the base version followed by a dot and the
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15 build number, aka patchlevel. For example: 2.40.01.
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17 - Every changeset committed to the stable branch causes a new build
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18 and increments the build number. Needless to say, you don't commit to
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19 the stable branch lightly.
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21 - A development version built directly from a Mercurial or Git
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22 working directory will be numbered 2.40-current, because it's difficult or
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23 impossible to ascertain the proper date. Assuming the proper date is
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24 even well defined; after all, most such builds happen while coding and
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25 include uncommitted changes.
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27 - A stable version built directly from a Mercurial or Git working
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28 directory will be numbered 2.40.01-current.
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30 - Note that while injecting the last committed change hash in these
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31 circumstances is possible, it isn't worthwhile.