wrong version in 2.8.0-rc03

When you compile qemu the version still 2.7.93 instead 2.8.0-rc03

build/config-host.mak:VERSION=2.7.93

This is intentional and is the way that QEMU release candidates are versioned.

The versioning scheme is MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH where:

0 >= PATCH < 90 is a stable release
PATCH = 90 is the development window for the next MINOR release
91 >= PATCH <= 99 is a release candidate for the next MINOR release

This means 2.7.93 is release candidate 3 for 2.8.

I suppose one reason this scheme has been used is that simple MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH version comparison algorithms will work correctly even if they do not support -rcN notation.

Not a bug.