[zeromq-dev] [PATCH] Add VERSION macros

[gonzalo diethelm]

> > >> How about this patch? It creates a single place where the version
is
> > >> kept; you don't have to change configure.in anymore.
> > >>
> > >> If there is consensus, I could push this into the master repo.
> > >
> > > Having an extra include file around doesn't feel right either;
> >
> > Atually, Gonzalo's patch can be modified to pick the version from
zmq.h.
> >
> > That would solve all the problems we have, no?
> 
> Right, so the source of the version number would be include/zmq.h,
> configure.in would get it from there and propagate it to Makefile and
> friends. Not an entirely bad idea.

As long as including zmq.h from platform.hpp is OK, then I think we have
agreed on a solution. Great!

> Ok, we can do this, but as the resident autoconf and shell expect I'll
> make
> the actual patch using suitably paranoid UNIX commands, test on
Solaris,
> etc...

So, do you want to take care of this, or should I go ahead and commit my
patch first?

-- 
Gonzalo Diethelm