[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 27158] Add WebKit version API to Qt.

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27158





--- Comment #18 from robert <robert at roberthogan.net>  2009-07-17 15:01:00 PDT ---
IRC conversation related to bug:
[20:15] <manyoso> bdash: re: #27158
[20:17] <manyoso> bdash: i think the ideal solution would be to have a
WebKitVersion.h file somewhere in the source repository that only you guys
would bump.  Then ports that wished to could use this header file for UA
strings and so on and so forth.  That way no files need be generated.  Would
you be open to a patch which modified your build files to get version info from
such a canonical WebKitVersion.h file?
[20:18] <bdash> manyoso: no
[20:18] <bdash> manyoso: i don't see how that can work
[20:18] <bdash> manyoso: build systems dont understand header files.
[20:19] <bdash> manyoso: and it also wouldn't fit with our build process
[20:19] <manyoso> bdash: how about a .txt file with two lines for major and
minor version?
[20:20] <bdash> manyoso: a) there's more than two components to the version
number
[20:20] * manyoso listens
[20:20] <bdash> manyoso: b) it still wouldn't work.  we need to be able to
build each project independently
[20:20] <bdash> manyoso: and c) the build system doesn't understand text files
either.
[20:20] <manyoso> ok, the qmake build system could easily deal with it...
[20:20] <manyoso> hmm
[20:23] <manyoso> mwenge: ok, given bdash answer i don't know enough about the
build systems involved.  your generation script might be way to go.
[20:23] <manyoso> mwenge: i'll let simon and you sort it out...

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