Add more content to the About Box
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Jason Sipula April 3, 2014 at 6:56 AM
commit fa95ffffc998a89584cb53389aa8bafa4aa412bb closes this. added build number to about page.
Jason Sipula February 13, 2014 at 7:42 PM
OK, this is back to a WIP status now.
We now have the spark build using the bamboo build number and passing it to install4j for version info, but now we need to do the same with the about box... somehow... probably with magic...
I'll see what I can come up with...
Jason Sipula October 12, 2013 at 6:40 PM
Tim, are you referring to the CI's build number? Like 610 for the most recent nightly/beta build? Or the Spark internal build number ie: 125555 ? I sort-of think this info should be displayed as well, since it would have been helpful a few times figuring out what build someone in the support forums is using, etc. I've played around before with ANT injecting strings into files at compile-time, but this has the nasty side-effect of removing comments, etc... since i think ant streams it through the actual java properties api plumbing (with it's many limitations). Perhaps Bamboo has something? I think Jenkins/Hudson can do this, although personally I haven't played with that yet... thoughts?
Jason Sipula October 12, 2013 at 6:36 PM
Updated patch to show JRE version. Also reorganized the box so that logical strings go together. Now has the ability to toggle on/off "developer info" in the about box at compile-time (from default.properties file). Leaves room for more info to be added in this section if/as needed.
Tim Jentz October 11, 2013 at 12:59 PM
As it would be nice for the ci, especally at the part of indicating changes in resources when installing a test-client, i would preffer a way without adjusting it manually every time.
Maybe we could do something with install4j if ant provides the buildnumber.. but i have to take a closer look into install4j for that.
Anyway, have you made any progress on this patch yet?
Gato suggested adding more info to the About box. Suggestions include release date and link to Jive website. We should check what other products say for other ideas. If we do add a release date, it should not be hardcoded.