Re: [Chicken-users] automatic egg update

[felix winkelmann]

On 3/18/07, Alejandro Forero Cuervo <address@hidden> wrote:
> > We can add a .meta property, say
> >
> >  (eggdoc "<eggdoc-file>")
> >
> > how about that?
>
> Would it be too difficult to make it possible for eggs with the "tags"
> directory to have the string @@VERSION@@ (or whatever) in the setup
> file be replaced with the current version being uploaded (ie. the name
> of the directory in "tags" from which the code comes)?
>
> This would simplify the process of making a release. :-)

I have implemented something slightly different: when this is a "tagged"
egg, then a file named "version" containing the (guess what) version
is created in the egg tarball. A setup-script then can just read the contents
of that file.


cheers,
felix