Add proper (git-based) versioning.

.gitignore

@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ tests-sqlalchemy/verifier/LotsOfDataTypes.asn
 tests-sqlalchemy/verifier/asn2dataModel/
 .mypy_cache
 env
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache/
+config.log
+config.status
+setup.py
+dmt/commonPy/__init__.py

Makefile

@@ -8,7 +8,16 @@ PY_SRC:=$(filter-out dmt/B_mappers/antlr.main.py dmt/A_mappers/Stubs.py, ${PY_SR
 TYPING_FOLDER:=$(shell pip3 show typing 2>/dev/null | grep ^Location | sed 's,^.*: ,,')
 export PYTHONPATH=${TYPING_FOLDER}
 
-all:	flake8 pylint mypy coverage testDB
+all:	tests
+
+tests:	flake8 pylint mypy coverage testDB
+
+configure:
+	./configure
+
+install:	configure
+	pip3 uninstall -y dmt || exit 0  # Uninstall if there, but don't abort if not installed
+	pip3 install --user .
 
 flake8:
 	@echo Performing syntax checks via flake8...
@@ -32,4 +41,4 @@ testDB:
 	@echo Performing database tests...
 	@$(MAKE) -C tests-sqlalchemy  || exit 1
 
-.PHONY:	flake8 pylint mypy coverage
+.PHONY:	flake8 pylint mypy coverage install configure

ac-macros/revision_utils.m4

+# Automake macro to set the revision utils
+
+# Usage: AM_REVISION_UTILS([directory_name]).
+# Directory name must be a litteral string and not the result of a
+# command.
+
+AC_DEFUN([AM_REVISION_UTILS],
+[
+# Take the current SVN revision
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether this is a SCM working copy)
+
+temp_scm_output=`(cd $srcdir; git rev-parse --short HEAD)`
+
+if test x"${temp_scm_output}" = x""; then
+   # This means we are NOT working on a repository copy, the value of
+   # SCM_REVISION will not be taken into account.
+
+   SCM_REVISION=""
+   AC_MSG_RESULT(no.)
+else
+   SCM_REVISION="r${temp_scm_output}"
+   AC_MSG_RESULT(yes: ${SCM_REVISION}.)
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST(SCM_REVISION)
+
+# Take the configure full date
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(the configuration full date)
+
+temp_config_date=`LANG=C date +"%A %d %B %Y, %H:%M:%S"`
+
+if test x"${temp_config_date}" = x""; then
+   LAST_CONFIG_DATE=""
+   AC_MSG_RESULT(empty date.)
+else
+   LAST_CONFIG_DATE="${temp_config_date}"
+   AC_MSG_RESULT(${LAST_CONFIG_DATE}.)
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST(LAST_CONFIG_DATE)
+
+# Take the configure year
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(the configuration year)
+
+temp_config_year=`LANG=C date +"%Y"`
+
+if test x"${temp_config_year}" = x""; then
+   LAST_CONFIG_YEAR="2007"
+   AC_MSG_RESULT(no year found, fall into default: ${LAST_CONFIG_YEAR}.)
+else
+   LAST_CONFIG_YEAR="${temp_config_year}"
+   AC_MSG_RESULT(${LAST_CONFIG_YEAR})
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST(LAST_CONFIG_YEAR)
+])

acinclude.m4

+m4_include([ac-macros/revision_utils.m4])

configure

+#! /bin/sh
+# Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for DMT 2.2.
+#
+# Report bugs to <Thanassis.Tsiodras@esa.int>.
+#
+#
+# Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
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+# This configure script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
+## -------------------- ##
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+## -------------------- ##
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+if test -n "${ZSH_VERSION+set}" && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
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+  # Pre-4.2 versions of Zsh do word splitting on ${1+"$@"}, which
+  # is contrary to our usage.  Disable this feature.
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+    && (test "X`print -r -- $as_echo`" = "X$as_echo") 2>/dev/null; then
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+  if test "X`(/usr/ucb/echo -n -n $as_echo) 2>/dev/null`" = "X-n $as_echo"; then
+    as_echo_body='eval /usr/ucb/echo -n "$1$as_nl"'
+    as_echo_n='/usr/ucb/echo -n'
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+    as_echo_body='eval expr "X$1" : "X\\(.*\\)"'
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+      case $arg in #(
+      *"$as_nl"*)
+	expr "X$arg" : "X\\(.*\\)$as_nl";
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+      expr "X$arg" : "X\\(.*\\)" | tr -d "$as_nl"
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+# The user is always right.
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+    (PATH='/bin:/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
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+# in which case we are not to be found in the path.
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+$as_echo "$0: could not re-execute with $CONFIG_SHELL" >&2
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+  as_bourne_compatible="if test -n \"\${ZSH_VERSION+set}\" && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
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+  NULLCMD=:
+  # Pre-4.2 versions of Zsh do word splitting on \${1+\"\$@\"}, which
+  # is contrary to our usage.  Disable this feature.
+  alias -g '\${1+\"\$@\"}'='\"\$@\"'
+  setopt NO_GLOB_SUBST
+else
+  case \`(set -o) 2>/dev/null\` in #(
+  *posix*) :
+    set -o posix ;; #(
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+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+  as_found=:
+  case $as_dir in #(
+	 /*)
+	   for as_base in sh bash ksh sh5; do
+	     # Try only shells that exist, to save several forks.
+	     as_shell=$as_dir/$as_base
+	     if { test -f "$as_shell" || test -f "$as_shell.exe"; } &&
+		    { $as_echo "$as_bourne_compatible""$as_required" | as_run=a "$as_shell"; } 2>/dev/null; then :
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+      if test "x$CONFIG_SHELL" != x; then :
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+$0: under such a shell if you do have one."
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+SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+export SHELL
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+## --------------------- ##
+## M4sh Shell Functions. ##
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+# as_fn_unset VAR
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+{
+  { eval $1=; unset $1;}
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+$as_echo X"$as_dir" |
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+	    s//\1/
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+	  /^X\(\/\/\)$/{
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+  rm -f conf$$.dir/conf$$.file
+else
+  rm -f conf$$.dir
+  mkdir conf$$.dir 2>/dev/null
+fi
+if (echo >conf$$.file) 2>/dev/null; then
+  if ln -s conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then
+    as_ln_s='ln -s'
+    # ... but there are two gotchas:
+    # 1) On MSYS, both `ln -s file dir' and `ln file dir' fail.
+    # 2) DJGPP < 2.04 has no symlinks; `ln -s' creates a wrapper executable.
+    # In both cases, we have to default to `cp -pR'.
+    ln -s conf$$.file conf$$.dir 2>/dev/null && test ! -f conf$$.exe ||
+      as_ln_s='cp -pR'
+  elif ln conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then
+    as_ln_s=ln
+  else
+    as_ln_s='cp -pR'
+  fi
+else
+  as_ln_s='cp -pR'
+fi
+rm -f conf$$ conf$$.exe conf$$.dir/conf$$.file conf$$.file
+rmdir conf$$.dir 2>/dev/null
+
+if mkdir -p . 2>/dev/null; then
+  as_mkdir_p='mkdir -p "$as_dir"'