From @TimToady

09​:39 < TimToady> HLL​::Compiler is very confused about what is the language
name/version vs compiler name/version, and this shows up in both -v and -V
09​:40 < TimToady> "This is perl6 version 2015.09-373-g254c1a8"
09​:42 < TimToady> should be more like "This is rakudo version
2015.09-373-g254c1a8 implementing Perl v6b" or so

(well, that, and it should still mention the backend version too)

From @TimToady

On Wed Oct 14 09​:46​:18 2015, larry wrote​:

09​:39 < TimToady> HLL​::Compiler is very confused about what is the language
name/version vs compiler name/version, and this shows up in both -v and -V
09​:40 < TimToady> "This is perl6 version 2015.09-373-g254c1a8"
09​:42 < TimToady> should be more like "This is rakudo version
2015.09-373-g254c1a8 implementing Perl v6b" or so

(well, that, and it should still mention the backend version too)

Also, make sure the Perl version is stored in only one place. In addition to the HLL​::Compiler spot, we currently have​:

./core/Perl.pm​: :$!version = Version.new("6b"),
./Perl6/Grammar.nqp​: my $vhave := $*W.find_symbol(['Version']).new('6.b'); # XXX need to use same source as Version.pm

From @jnthn

On Wed Oct 14 10​:10​:14 2015, larry wrote​:

On Wed Oct 14 09​:46​:18 2015, larry wrote​:

09​:39 < TimToady> HLL​::Compiler is very confused about what is the
language
name/version vs compiler name/version, and this shows up in both -v
and -V
09​:40 < TimToady> "This is perl6 version 2015.09-373-g254c1a8"
09​:42 < TimToady> should be more like "This is rakudo version
2015.09-373-g254c1a8 implementing Perl v6b" or so

(well, that, and it should still mention the backend version too)

Also, make sure the Perl version is stored in only one place. In
addition to the HLL​::Compiler spot, we currently have​:

./core/Perl.pm​: :$!version = Version.new("6b"),
./Perl6/Grammar.nqp​: my $vhave :=
$*W.find_symbol(['Version']).new('6.b'); # XXX need to use same
source as Version.pm

Factored it out, both removing the special case in NQP and the duplication inside of Rakudo. Both -v and -V now carry the correct info.

The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

@jnthn - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'