semantic version support in admin

Makefile

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ update:
 	echo "remember that pymysql was tweaked"
 src:
 	### Use semantic versioning
-	echo 'Version 2.3.2-alpha.1+timestamp.'`date +%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S` > VERSION
+	echo 'Version 2.4.1-alpha.1+timestamp.'`date +%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S` > VERSION
 	### rm -f all junk files
 	make clean
 	### clean up baisc apps

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.3.2-alpha.1+timestamp.2012.12.20.15.39.20
+Version 2.4.1-alpha.1+timestamp.2012.12.20.15.47.02

applications/admin/views/default/site.html

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <!-- VERSION -->
     {{if is_manager():}}
     <div class="box">
-      <h3>{{=T("Version %s.%s.%s (%s) %s", myversion)}}</h3>
+      <h3>{{=T("Version %s.%s.%s %s (%s)", myversion)}}</h3>
       {{if session.check_version:}}
       <p id="check_version">
         {{=T('Checking for upgrades...')}}

gluon/fileutils.py

@@ -67,11 +67,10 @@ def parse_legacy(version="Version 1.99.0 (2011-09-19 08:23:26)"):
     return (a, b, c, pre_release, build)
 
 def parse_version(version):
-    items = parse_semantic(version)
-    if not items:
-        items = parse_legacy(version)
-    (a, b, c, pre_release, build) = items
-    return (a, b, c, build, pre_release) # build, pre_releas intentionally reversed
+    version_tuple = parse_semantic(version)
+    if not version_tuple:
+        version_tuple = parse_legacy(version)
+    return version_tuple
 
 def read_file(filename, mode='r'):
     "returns content from filename, making sure to close the file explicitly on exit."

gluon/main.py

@@ -101,13 +101,14 @@ requests = 0    # gc timer
 # pattern used to validate client address
 regex_client = re.compile('[\w\-:]+(\.[\w\-]+)*\.?')  # ## to account for IPV6
 
-try:
+#try:
+if 1:
     version_info = open(pjoin(global_settings.gluon_parent, 'VERSION'), 'r')
     raw_version_string = version_info.read().strip()
     version_info.close()
     global_settings.web2py_version = parse_version(raw_version_string)
-except:
-    raise RuntimeError("Cannot determine web2py version")
+#except:
+#    raise RuntimeError("Cannot determine web2py version")
 
 web2py_version = global_settings.web2py_version