* show the platform the in the about panel to make end-user-support a bit easier

modules/gui/macosx/about.m

@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ static VLAboutBox *_o_sharedInstance = nil;
     if (!o_credits_path)
     {
         NSString *o_name;
-        NSString *o_version;
         NSString *o_thanks_path;
+        NSString *o_platform;
 		
         /* Get the info dictionary (Info.plist) */
         o_info_dict = [[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary];
@@ -72,20 +72,21 @@ static VLAboutBox *_o_sharedInstance = nil;
         /* Set the about box title */
         [o_about_window setTitle:_NS("About VLC media player")];
 
-        /* Setup the version field */
-        o_version = [o_info_dict objectForKey:@"CFBundleVersion"];
+        #ifdef __powerpc__ || __ppc__ || __ppc64__
+            o_platform = @"PowerPC";
+        #else
+            o_platform = @"Intel";
+        #endif
 
         /* setup the creator / revision field */
         if( VLC_Changeset() != "exported" )
-        [o_revision_field setStringValue: [NSString stringWithFormat: \
-            _NS("Compiled by %s, based on SVN revision %s"), VLC_CompileBy(), \
-            VLC_Changeset()]];
+            [o_revision_field setStringValue: 
+                [NSString stringWithFormat: _NS("Compiled by %s, based on SVN revision %s"), VLC_CompileBy(), VLC_Changeset()]];
         else
-        [o_revision_field setStringValue: [NSString stringWithFormat: \
-            _NS("Compiled by %s"), VLC_CompileBy()]];
+            [o_revision_field setStringValue: [NSString stringWithFormat: _NS("Compiled by %s"), VLC_CompileBy()]];
 
         /* Setup the nameversion field */
-        o_name_version = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Version %@", o_version];
+        o_name_version = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Version %s (%@)", VLC_Version(), o_platform];
         [o_name_version_field setStringValue: o_name_version];
 
         /* Setup our credits */