From bf2d6b4ab2beb1105fce8c1a8fae2b14c25045c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Sauer <ensonic@users.sf.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 21:14:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] about-dialog: take release year and release date from
 NEWS

When building git head use current date, otherwise reuse the date from NEWS.
---
 configure.ac               | 12 ++++++++++--
 src/ui/edit/about-dialog.c |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cd08e3f..3b7c920 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -49,8 +49,15 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_MAJORMINOR, "$GST_MAJORMINOR", [gstreamer series])
 AC_SUBST(GST_MAJORMINOR)
 
 dnl release year and date
-BT_RELEASE_YEAR=`date +%Y`
-BT_RELEASE_DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
+DATE_STAMP=`head -n1 NEWS | sed 's/^[[^(]]*(\(.*\)).*$/\1/'`
+if test "$DATE_STAMP" == "XX.XXX.XXXX"; then
+  BT_RELEASE_YEAR=`date +%Y`
+  BT_RELEASE_DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
+else
+  IFS="." read -r d m y <<< "$DATE_STAMP"
+  BT_RELEASE_YEAR="$y"
+  BT_RELEASE_DATE=`date -d "%d %m %y" +%Y-%m-%d`
+fi
 
 AC_SUBST(BT_MAJOR_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(BT_MINOR_VERSION)
@@ -62,6 +69,7 @@ AC_SUBST(BT_RELEASE_DATE)
 
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(BT_VERSION, "$BT_VERSION", [library version as string])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PACKAGE_VERSION_NUMBER, 900, [version as a number])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(BT_RELEASE_YEAR, $BT_RELEASE_YEAR, [release year])
 
 dnl Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC
diff --git a/src/ui/edit/about-dialog.c b/src/ui/edit/about-dialog.c
index d2ff4bc..a85bf31 100644
--- a/src/ui/edit/about-dialog.c
+++ b/src/ui/edit/about-dialog.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ bt_about_dialog_init_ui (const BtAboutDialog * self)
       g_alloca (strlen (_("Copyright \xc2\xa9 2003-%d Buzztrax developer team"))
       + 3);
   sprintf (copyright, _("Copyright \xc2\xa9 2003-%d Buzztrax developer team"),
-      2014);
+      BT_RELEASE_YEAR);
 
   /* we can get logo via icon name, so this here is just for educational purpose
      GdkPixbuf *logo;
-- 
2.6.4