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Re: Add curses_version() in curses(3)



On 28.08.2019 21:58, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 08:59:32PM +0200, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
>> On 28.08.2019 14:50, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 11:00:55AM +0930, Brett Lymn wrote:
>>>> I agree with Roy here, if we add the call we should spit out the
>>>> version of the curses lib.
>>>
>>> The ELF version has no meaning though. If anything, keep a date of the
>>> last visible interface change.
>>>
>>> Joerg
>>>
>>
>> How about this version?
>>
>> http://netbsd.org/~kamil/patch-00146.curses_version.2.txt
> 
> That's just the last time something changed. That provides no value at
> all.
> 
> Joerg
> 

I'm for just for a plain static "NetBSD curses" string.

If there is a requirement for versioning, I don't see anything better
than a timestamp of the last ELF library bump. If there is something
else, I can adapt my patch.

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