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Coarse MacVim version reporting in about, update checks and github releases #1293
Look on the about dialog box and it shows "Custom version 9.0.472 (174)`. close it
Open Check for updates menu. it shows "MacVim 9.0.472 is the newest version"
Check GitHub releases page, it shows "MacVim Release 174"
Expected behaviour
I expect all sources show more or less the same text, e.g. "MacVim Release 9.0.472 (174)". This is required for a user to have a strong visual connection between versions seen in all of these sources
I do NOT expect that :version command is touched in any way.
I do NOT expect that HomeBrew/MacPorts versioning is touched in any way.
Version of Vim and architecture
arm64
Environment
Operating system: macOS Monterey 12.6
Terminal: GUI only
How MacVim was installed
from GitHub releases to the default location
Logs and stack traces
No response
Vim configuration where issue is reproducable
No response
Issue has been tested with given configuration
by running MacVim.app from GUI macOS interface
by running vim/gvim/etc installed by MacVim
by running other versions of vim (e.g. /usr/bin/vim)
Issue has been tested with no configuration
by running mvim --clean (or gvim, supplied by MacVim distribution)
by running vim --clean (in terminal, supplied by MacVim distribution)
by running vim --clean (in terminal, other suppliers, e.g. /usr/bin/vim)
Other conditions
The both Homebrew packages "vim" and "macvim" are installed
Yeah this is a good point. We do see people getting confused about version numbers from time to time. For (2), the “check for updates” dialog box is controlled by Sparkle. I filed an issue to see if we can customize the display of it (sparkle-project/Sparkle#2267), but in other places too we should be a little more consistent in how we present Vim version and MacVim release number.
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ychin commentedon Sep 19, 2022
Yeah this is a good point. We do see people getting confused about version numbers from time to time. For (2), the “check for updates” dialog box is controlled by Sparkle. I filed an issue to see if we can customize the display of it (sparkle-project/Sparkle#2267), but in other places too we should be a little more consistent in how we present Vim version and MacVim release number.
eirnym commentedon Sep 19, 2022
Thank you @ychin for the fast response to it, I'll monitor that issue as well
Report better version in About MacVim, and store last used version
Use more descriptive version string in Sparkle 2
MacVim r177