Adding build info attribute to KAboutData to improve bug report data?

[David Faure]

On dimanche 15 octobre 2017 14:31:27 CEST Kevin Funk wrote:
> On Sunday, 8 October 2017 19:45:00 CEST Kevin Funk wrote:
> > Heya,
> > 
> > The KDevelop team is currently discussing a patch which adds git-describe
> > 
> > like information to the version string in KAboutData:
> >   https://phabricator.kde.org/D8158
> >   (don't bother reading through the comments...)
> > 
> > Problem:
> > 
> > When KAboutData's version is set to something like "5.1.80-24-g262fb4cb9f"
> > and when attempting to report a bug via KDevelop -> Help -> Report Bug,
> > bugs.kde.org will no longer pre-select the correct version in the version
> > list. Even worse: The version information is lost completely if the user
> > does not copy it from the dialog.
> > 
> > Idea:
> > Let's add a 'build info' attribute to KAboutData which may contain custom
> > data filled by a project to provide more information about a specific
> > build.
> > 
> > Then, for instance in KDevelop's main.cpp:
> > ```
> > KAboutData data(...);
> > data.setBuildInfo("Version: " KDEVELOP_FULL_VERSION_STRING);
> > ```
> > ... with KDEVELOP_FULL_VERSION_STRING being "5.1.80-24-g262fb4cb9f"
> 
> @KCoreAddons maintainers: Do you think that makes sense? In that case I'd
> create a patch which adds such API to KAboutData.

Sounds good to me.

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David Faure, faure at kde.org, http://www.davidfaure.fr
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