Re: Feature Req: Option to show rev number in hex

Ron Wilson wrote:
> We would like and option to have TSVN show revision numbers in hexadecimal.
>
> This request comes from our management and our "systems engineers".

I see a nightmare coming...

> Here's why: We are using the SVN revision number as the minor part of
> the software version - a common practice. Our customers

That's what most people do, including us.

> (manufacturers) have tools and equipment that query electronic
> components directly and expect, among other things, the software
> version, reported as 3 unsigned integers in the range 0 to 0xFFFF.

The default versioning system of most Windows software. Ok, not really:
most use 4 unsigned integers for this because that's what the Windows
version info uses.

> Up until now, the special tools, supplied by our major customers, had
> an option to display numbers in decimal. With the new common platform
> for manufacturing our major customers use, numbers are only displayed
> in hexadecimal.

So they removed a feature - you should complain there, not here.

> Unlike the software group, the others in our organization (who insist
> on being able to view our SVN logs with TSVN) find it very
> inconvenient to have to convert the revision numbers between decimal
> and hexadecimal. (For formal documents, we can, and do, convert to hex
> for their convenience, but they want to use TSVN themselves - or force
> us to switch to another VCS they feel will be more friendly to them.)

Your request is not really reasonable, because showing revision numbers
in HEX is (while easy to do) bad for so many reasons:
* most people don't know HEX, they've enough problems with decimal numbers
* you can't enter HEX numbers in most places, only some special tools
accept them as input. But decimal numbers are recongized by all tools
(except yours apparently).
* version info is read by 'normal' people too (and must be read by them,
otherwise how can you tell from a support request what version they're
using? They will tell you not the version number, but only "I'm using
version 1.2 and them some letters and numbers") - good luck with that!
* it would be inconsistent with all svn clients

Stefan

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