On 27/07/2009, Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> wrote: > sebb a écrit : > > > > The SVN variable $Date shows the date of last update. Unfortunately > > this is expressed in local time, which makes comparing tags with > > source archives a bit tedious. > > > > Do we really need this variable? > > > > I would have thought that $Revision was enough to identify the file. > > > > Similarly, $HeadURL may vary: http[s]://svn[.eu].apache.org/ > > > > I don't think it adds much value. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Sometimes I look at the classes in SVN with my web browser, and I > appreciate to be able to see immediately when the file was modified. Even if > the time is not expressed in my timezone, the date is enough to tell if the > file was modified recently, weeks, months or years ago. > > What problem are you trying to solve?
As I wrote originally, it makes comparison between the SVN tag and the source archive tedious. > Emmanuel Bourg > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
