[josm-dev] Introduce versioning scheme

[Timo Juhani Lindfors]

Dirk Stöcker <openstreetmap at dstoecker.de> writes:
> This is something I (as packager for openSUSE) do not like at all. When 

Yes in a build system this can make things more complex.

I was mostly worried about that

http://josm.openstreetmap.de/download/

should list the version number. No need to change the build system
necessarily. Or maybe it could add a symlink still?

> The software tells its version in start screen, in about dialog, at 
> commandline, in bug reports, ... That should be enough.

Well that requires you to actually run the program. If you suspect
that there is a backdoored version you don't want to run it but
instead compare it against the version it claims to be :-)