Build Number revisited

[Dustin Sallings]

On Nov 27, 2007, at 18:00, blr at robertsr.us wrote:

> I like the idea (in response to my previous post) of log -k to get  
> defect id's
> into the build.  I plan to do that also.  But for now, management is  
> accustomed
> to a build number, and this is elegant enough to clear my kludge  
> filter.


	I understand what you're saying, but do not that this is most  
assuredly *not* a build number.  Build numbers come from build systems  
when they produce builds.  The identifier you have here is only  
indicating the sequence in which a given change was accepted.

	The terminology is important because you would ideally want something  
similar to buildbot actually building chunks of your code at a time.   
This build number is will contain multiple changes and can get a lot  
of your testing out of the way before passing it on to the next group.

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Dustin Sallings