bug#44129: closed (Patch to improve valac version detection)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Patch to improve valac version detection Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 23:37:51 +0100

Attached, a patch to improve valac version detection. The vala compiler, valac, can report the API version it supports. For releases, this is the same as the major & minor version of the compiler, so for example:

$ valac --version

Vala 0.48.11

$ valac --api-version

0.48

The advantage of using the API version is that it's semantically meaningful. It's also simpler to parse! It can be to allow a 3rd-party, patched, or unreleased compiler to be used more easily.

(For example, the current Vala git master compiler reports:

$ valac-0.52 --version
Vala 0.50.1.19-135c0

$ valac-0.52 --api-version

0.52

)

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>     I simply failed to update the test; 
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> All the tests pass for me now, and I pushed your patch, and am closing
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