[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #45659] version function: options and return values supported by Matlab

[Mike Miller]

Update of bug #45659 (project octave):

                  Status:                    None => In Progress            

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Follow-up Comment #10:

Thanks for starting to work on this.

Do we want the build date and time to be updated every time Octave is
compiled? Or do we want to just use the OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE string that's
already defined?

Do we want to append the hg revision to the version string like this? Or do we
only want it to be queryable with a different option?

I wouldn't be surprised if some people depend on the version return value to
be a single word with the dotted version string, appending the hg revision
might break that expectation.

And if we do append the hg revision to the version, do we want to suppress
that when building an officially tagged release?

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