Move blender version info into BKE_blender.h so we only have the info in one...

Move blender version info into BKE_blender.h so we only have the info in one place and so package building scripts can extract it in a more usable way.
this also means we can have a version string like '2.56a-beta' without using buildinfo.

release/VERSION was only used by scons, NSIS installer.

Possibly helps to fix bug [#26062] too.

build_files/scons/tools/btools.py

@@ -16,14 +16,50 @@ Variables = SCons.Variables
 BoolVariable = SCons.Variables.BoolVariable
 
 def get_version():
+    import re
+
     fname = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..", "..", "source", "blender", "blenkernel", "BKE_blender.h")
+    ver_base = None
+    ver_char = None
+    ver_cycle = None
+
+    re_ver = re.compile("^#\s*define\s+BLENDER_VERSION\s+([0-9]+)")
+    re_ver_char = re.compile("^#\s*define\s+BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR\s*(\S*)") # optional arg
+    re_ver_cycle = re.compile("^#\s*define\s+BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE\s*(\S*)") # optional arg
+
     for l in open(fname, "r"):
-        if "BLENDER_VERSION" in l:
-            ver = int(l.split()[-1])
-            return "%d.%d" % (ver / 100, ver % 100)
+        match = re_ver.match(l)
+        if match:
+            ver = int(match.group(1))
+            ver_base = "%d.%d" % (ver / 100, ver % 100)
+
+        match = re_ver_char.match(l)
+        if match:
+            ver_char = match.group(1)
+            if ver_char == "BLENDER_CHAR_VERSION":
+                ver_char = ""
+
+        match = re_ver_cycle.match(l)
+        if match:
+            ver_cycle = match.group(1)
+            if ver_cycle == "BLENDER_CYCLE_VERSION":
+                ver_cycle = ""
+
+        if (ver_base is not None) and (ver_char is not None) and (ver_cycle is not None):
+            # eg '2.56a-beta'
+            if ver_cycle:
+                ver_display = "%s%s-%s" % (ver_base, ver_char, ver_cycle)
+            else:
+                ver_display = "%s%s" % (ver_base, ver_char)  # assume release
+
+            return ver_base, ver_display
+
     raise Exception("%s: missing version string" % fname)
 
-VERSION = get_version() # This is used in creating the local config directories
+
+# This is used in creating the local config directories
+VERSION, VERSION_DISPLAY = get_version()
+
 
 def print_arguments(args, bc):
     if len(args):
@@ -503,11 +539,6 @@ def NSIS_Installer(target=None, source=None, env=None):
                     outfile = os.path.join(dp,f)
                     datafiles += '  File '+outfile + "\n"
 
-    os.chdir("release")
-    v = open("VERSION")
-    version = v.read()[:-1]    
-    v.close()
-
     #### change to suit install dir ####
     inst_dir = install_base_dir + env['BF_INSTALLDIR']
     
@@ -520,7 +551,7 @@ def NSIS_Installer(target=None, source=None, env=None):
 
     # var replacements
     ns_cnt = string.replace(ns_cnt, "[DISTDIR]", os.path.normpath(inst_dir+os.sep))
-    ns_cnt = string.replace(ns_cnt, "[VERSION]", version)
+    ns_cnt = string.replace(ns_cnt, "[VERSION]", VERSION_DISPLAY)
     ns_cnt = string.replace(ns_cnt, "[SHORTVERSION]", VERSION)
     ns_cnt = string.replace(ns_cnt, "[RELDIR]", os.path.normpath(rel_dir))
     ns_cnt = string.replace(ns_cnt, "[BITNESS]", bitness)

release/VERSION

-2.56a-beta

source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h

@@ -40,6 +40,21 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+/* these lines are grep'd, watch out for our not-so-awesome regex
+ * and keep comment above the defines.
+ * Use STRINGIFY() rather then defining with quotes */
+#define BLENDER_VERSION			256
+#define BLENDER_SUBVERSION		1
+
+#define BLENDER_MINVERSION		250
+#define BLENDER_MINSUBVERSION	0
+
+/* used by packaging tools */
+		/* can be left blank, otherwise a,b,c... etc with no quotes */
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR	a
+		/* alpha/beta/rc/releases */
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE	beta	
+
 struct ListBase;
 struct MemFile;
 struct bContext;
@@ -47,12 +62,6 @@ struct ReportList;
 struct Scene;
 struct Main;
 
-#define BLENDER_VERSION			256
-#define BLENDER_SUBVERSION		1
-
-#define BLENDER_MINVERSION		250
-#define BLENDER_MINSUBVERSION	0
-
 int BKE_read_file(struct bContext *C, const char *filepath, struct ReportList *reports);
 
 #define BKE_READ_FILE_FAIL				0 /* no load */