[project @ 1999-10-05 10:30:26 by simonmar]

[ghc-hetmet.git] / ghc / mk / version.mk

diff --git a/ghc/mk/version.mk b/ghc/mk/version.mk
index b52f1bd..4c7b2b5 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/mk/version.mk
+++ b/ghc/mk/version.mk
@@ -16,14 +16,22 @@
 #
 # Ghc project settings:
 # 
-# *ProjectVersion    is treated as a *string*
-# *ProjectVersionInt is treated as an *integer* (for cpp defines)
+# ProjectVersion    is treated as a *string*
+# ProjectVersionInt is treated as an *integer* (for cpp defines)
+
+# Versioning scheme: A.BB.C
+#         A: major version, any number of digits
+#         B: minor version, two digits padded with leading zeros
+#        C: patchlevel, one digit, omitted if zero.
+#
+# ProjectVersionInt does *not* contain the patchlevel (rationale: this
+# figure is used for conditional compilations, and library interfaces
+# etc. are not supposed to change between patchlevels).
 
 ProjectName       = The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System
 ProjectNameShort  = ghc
 ProjectVersion    = 4.05
 ProjectVersionInt = 405
-ProjectPatchLevel = 0
 
 #
 # Optionally, you can get the compiler driver to check the