Show detailed version info on GUI about screen

[nbolton]

Problem: During testing, we often have no idea which exact version we have installed.

Solution: Include the stage name, git revision and build date in the about dialog as part of the build process (pass it to cmake from hm?)

[mfilipe]

This is going to be awesome! Today I had this problem because I didn't know if the software was 1.7.4-rc7 or 1.7.4-rc8.

I suggest you implement this getting the information what you need one step before you start to compile. It is going to give you more freedom to automate this step in another ways.

[nbolton]

@XinYuHou Please port fe63124 to 1.8 and add the build date.

[Kays]

Looks good.

OS: Debian Jessie (8.5)

OS: Windows 7

[Verequies]

Can confirm the information shows up on Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit, v1.8.1-beta-f7377d6.

[mohibsheth]

Confirmed on OSX El Capitan 10.11.5

[yidhoe]

[Zygislovas]

Looks good...
System information:
Windows 10 Enterprise x64
Windows 8.1 Pro x64

[ryanvito]

Agree with those above. Looks great on both of my macs 10.10 and 10.11.5. Well done.

[cletsimon]

looks good in osx 10.10.5

[MyXelf]

I would suggest to change the GUI component used to display this information to one with the ability to select and copy the text. This would make it easier to include this information in the reports, speeding up the whole process of bug reporting with people using different OSes and trying to get the info from different places.

The killer-enhacement would be a button to copy the info directly to the clipboard. ;-)

HTH

[mohibsheth]

I agree with MyXelf's suggestion. Further more, this would allow you to configure the reports in the exact format which you require it and you could bundle additional details/logs etc if you need.

[ChrisEdgington]

Looks to me like Build Date is not getting set properly. I downloaded the 1.8.1-beta-f7377d6 build, OSX 10.11 x64, and its Build Date says: Wed Jul 6 2016, which is today.

[BoStaahle]

Works on Win10 x64 (Build 10586.420) and OSX 10.11.6 Beta x64 for as well ...

[mohibsheth]

Nice catch @ChrisEdgington !

[BoStaahle]

So Build Date field is in fact install date ?

[mohibsheth]

@BoStaahle No, I think it should actually be the date on which the build was prepared/release but it's not being populated correctly due to some bug and shows Today's date instead.

[BoStaahle]

@mohibsheth that is not what I meant. I meant that the date actually shown now could be the install date - which is not the correct date to show.

[jesterKing]

@BoStaahle no, it shows Today's date. I installed already at the begin of this week, but today it shows Friday 8th as bulid date.