Could actual BBB version be shown in About?

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j...@k6jm.com

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Jul 27, 2021, 1:15:22 PM7/27/21
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Options > About displays the build number.  That is important, but for many Admins, the actual version number is also useful. 

 

(Yes, one can go to /etc/bigbluebutton/bigbluebuttn-release, but why not make it easier for everyone to discover the version?)

 

Could the About window show both?  For example:

 

Copyright: ©2021 BigBlueButton Inc.
Client build: 1669

Version: 2.3.0

 

    Jim Moen

    Smart Flower Language School




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Hiroshi Suga

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Jul 28, 2021, 7:08:21 PM7/28/21
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There are some discussion and a possible solution here:

Ferdinand Soethe

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Aug 6, 2021, 10:55:32 AM8/6/21
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This would be really useful when you are not running your own server ...

Kind regards
Ferdinand

Anton Georgiev

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Aug 6, 2021, 9:30:27 PM8/6/21
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Hi all,

I agree with how useful it would be. Currently the issue is not where to display the info, but where to pull it from. I like to think that in near future with some packaging changes this will be much easier and more reliably achieved.

(manually changing it in a html5 file is not reliable - some time we'll forget and it will be confusing)
-Anton
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bayden10

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Aug 7, 2021, 7:40:24 AM8/7/21
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Hello, you could do this for now, works for me with my upgrade & update_custom script with prepend the HTML5 Build number:

in my upgrade script
bbb-conf -version >bbbVersion
grep 'BigBlueButton Server' bbbVersion >CurrentVersion

in my update custom settings script
str=$(cat CurrentVersion)
sed -i "s+html5ClientBuild: +html5ClientBuild: $str - HTML5 Build +g" /usr/share/meteor/bundle/programs/server/assets/app/config/settings.yml

About_CurrentBuild.png

~b10

bayden10

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Aug 7, 2021, 8:07:58 AM8/7/21
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For v2.2.x you can use bbb-conf -check instedad of bbb-version in your upgrade script.

bbb-conf -check >bbbVersion
grep 'BigBlueButton Server' bbbVersion >CurrentVersion

About v2.2.x_CurrentBuild.png

~b10
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