Add an item to wx.PlatformInfo and wx.__version__ indicating build type:

Development, snapshot or release

build.py

@@ -1368,6 +1368,9 @@ def cmd_build_py(options, args):
 
     BUILD_DIR = getBuildDir(options)
 
+    if options.release:
+        os.environ['WXPYTHON_RELEASE'] = 'yes'
+
     if not isWindows:
         WX_CONFIG = posixjoin(BUILD_DIR, 'wx-config')
         if options.use_syswx:

buildtools/config.py

@@ -337,8 +337,16 @@ class Configuration(object):
         # is a release build.  (In theory)
         if os.path.exists('REV.txt'):
             f = open('REV.txt')
-            self.VER_FLAGS += f.read().strip()
+            txt = f.read().strip()
+            self.VER_FLAGS += txt
+            if txt[0] == '.':
+                txt = txt[1:]
+            self.BUILD_TYPE = txt
             f.close()
+        elif os.environ.get('WXPYTHON_RELEASE') == 'yes':
+            self.BUILD_TYPE = "release"
+        else:
+            self.BUILD_TYPE = "devel"
 
         self.VERSION = "%s.%s.%s%s" % (self.VER_MAJOR,
                                        self.VER_MINOR,

demo/version.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-# This file was generated by Phoenix's wscript.
+# This file was generated by wxPython's wscript.
 
 VERSION_STRING = '4.0.0rc1'

src/core_ex.py

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ if 'wxEVT_NULL' in dir():
     import wx._core
     __version__ = VERSION_STRING
 
+    # Add the build type to PlatformInfo
+    PlatformInfo = PlatformInfo + ('build-type: ' + BUILD_TYPE, )
+
     # Register a function to be called when Python terminates that will clean
     # up and release all system resources that wxWidgets allocated.
     import atexit

wscript

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def options(opt):
     opt.load('python')
 
     opt.add_option('--debug', dest='debug', action='store_true', default=False,
-                   help='Turn on debug compile options.')
+                   help='Turn on debugger-related compile options.')
     opt.add_option('--python', dest='python', default='', action='store',
                    help='Full path to the Python executable to use.')
     opt.add_option('--wx_config', dest='wx_config', default='wx-config', action='store',
@@ -482,16 +482,17 @@ def build(bld):
 
     # create the package's __version__ module
     open(opj(cfg.PKGDIR, '__version__.py'), 'w').write(
-        "# This file was generated by Phoenix's wscript.\n\n"
+        "# This file was generated by wxPython's wscript.\n\n"
         "VERSION_STRING    = '%(VERSION)s'\n"
         "MAJOR_VERSION     = %(VER_MAJOR)s\n"
         "MINOR_VERSION     = %(VER_MINOR)s\n"
-        "RELEASE_NUMBER    = %(VER_RELEASE)s\n\n"
+        "RELEASE_NUMBER    = %(VER_RELEASE)s\n"
+        "BUILD_TYPE        = '%(BUILD_TYPE)s'\n\n"
         "VERSION = (MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION, RELEASE_NUMBER, '%(VER_FLAGS)s')\n"
         % cfg.__dict__)
     # and one for the demo folder too
     open('demo/version.py', 'w').write(
-        "# This file was generated by Phoenix's wscript.\n\n"
+        "# This file was generated by wxPython's wscript.\n\n"
         "VERSION_STRING = '%(VERSION)s'\n"
         % cfg.__dict__)