[SciPy-dev] Automated get_version

[Prabhu Ramachandran]

>>>>> "PP" == Pearu Peterson <pearu at cens.ioc.ee> writes:

    PP> get_version updates the version only after modified files are
    PP> commited to the CVS repository (as a result these files get
    PP> new revision numbers).  Building the sources or doing any
    PP> other operations that does not change the CVS revision numbers
    PP> in CVS/Entries file(s) will _not_ alter the version.

OK.  That clarifies it.

    PP> May be update_version would be a better name because the
    PP> purpose of this function is neither to get or set the version,

I would think update_version should check and change the version if
necessary and get_version should simply return the current version.
But maybe it does not matter.

prabhu