[erlang-questions] Version numbering scheme change and the implication / Re: [ANN] Erlang/OTP 17.0-rc1 has been released.

[Motiejus Jakštys]

2014.02.07 12:20, Andreas Schumacher rašė:
> 
> The OTP major release and the complete OTP version can be retrieved from
> erlang code using the following:
> 
>    1> erlang:system_info(otp_release).
>    "17"
>    2> erlang:system_info(otp_correction_package).
>    "17.0-rc1"
> 
> NOTE: The name of the argument "otp_correction_package" will be changed
> to "otp_version." In addition, a corresponding flag "otp_version" will
> be added to the erl command, in order to allow the extraction of the
> complete version number from command line tools.

Any plans to support ?OTP_RELEASE and ?OTP_VERSION?

This would give us ability to portably* create portable applications.

Regards,
Motiejus

[*]: now these constants are set by build system (rebar, Makefiles).