Could actual BBB version be shown in About?

[j...@k6jm.com]

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]

There are some discussion and a possible solution here:

https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/issues/10443

[Ferdinand Soethe]

This would be really useful when you are not running your own server ...

Kind regards
Ferdinand

[Anton Georgiev]

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

[bayden10]

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

~b10

[bayden10]

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

~b10