[crossfire] Server version enhancement?

[Mark Wedel]

Kevin R. Bulgrien wrote:
> Various server version reporting facilities reports a version like 1.10, etc.,
> but testing of fixes, etc. would require knowing the svnversion of the server.
> 
> I have mods against the server borrowed from the client that modify version
> information reported in the log (init.c):
> 
>   Welcome to CrossFire, v2.0-dev-r7487M
>   Copyright (C) 1994 Mark Wedel.
>   Copyright (C) 1992 Frank Tore Johansen.
> 
> And in the player accessible version command (version() in server.c):
> 
>   This is Crossfire v2.0-dev-r7487M
>   The authors can be reached at crossfire at metalforge.org
> 
> Does anyone have any particular objection to these mods being committed?

  No complaints - in fact, I think that is a good change.


> 
> If not, the metaserver could report this FULL_VERSION.  Should it?

  Maybe.  Probably for official releases, it shouldn't (and just report 1.11 or 
the like).  However, if not an official release and instead compiled from SVN, 
then it probably should.