kkremitzki wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2019 3:32 pm
For Debian packaging, ... A solution for the daily builds is a bit trickier.
Indeed. Given that difficulty, I speculate that you might discover that it is actually
impossible to do for daily builds. If that is what is discovered, IMO, someone should temper the instructions in the
IMPORTANT: Please read first before asking for help post that currently states:
NormandC wrote: ↑
Please do not attach a screen capture instead of posting the Help > About FreeCAD information from the clipboard.
to, in addition to the above, also indicate that for daily builds, describe all of the platform-specific commands needed to provide the relevant version info (e.g., example for Ubuntu/Debian-based distributions is at
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 12#p343312).
I hope it doesn't come to that; I hope it is found that my speculation above is erroneous, and including some release/date time stamp into the About FreeCAD dialog box is viable even if the git commit hash value of the build is not possible to include.