[Rivet] aida2root

[Ben Waugh]

Hi Andy,

On 07/10/09 14:16, Andy Buckley wrote:
>> It seems that the version of "aida2root" in Svn as
>> tags/rivet-1.1.3/bin/aida2root is completely different from the
>> version in the tarball Rivet-1.1.3.tar.gz that is downloaded by the
>> bootstrap script. The version in the tarball looks familiar and has
>> the (albeit incorrect) check on $ROOTSYS, but the version in Svn does
>> not.
>
> Agreed. This is what I don't understand... it looks like the svn version
> is somehow a regression. Hope there aren't any more of those.

It is a bit worrying, though less so than the thought that I might have 
been hallucinating.

> Yes. As always, I think the trunk version is so much better than the
> last release that we should concentrate on getting release 1.2.0 out.
> However, if anyone wants to chase this up and make a new tarball, please
> do!

Not me! My real headache turns out to have been related to Python 
versions, in that the ROOT binary distribution for SLC4 assumes Python 
2.5, while the OS is distributed with Python 2.3.

And we will be migrating our desktops to SLC5 in due course, so I've 
been keeping an eye on your exchange with Eike.

> Moving to a more sensible version increment from 1.2.0 onwards also
> leaves that last digit for marking genuine patches, rather than adding
> ad hoc weird extensions like Atlas does (since when has "15.3.X.Y"
> actually been a real version code?!?)

As long as the last part is a patch number I don't mind too much how 
long the version code is.

Cheers,
Ben

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