On 27/07/2009, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > The files I have looked at have $Id: in them. This contains the latest > revision number, the date and the committer id. From time to time I find > this to be informative. I would prefer this over $Date or $HeadURL.
$Id is fine, because it uses UTC rather than local time. > Ralph > > > On Jul 27, 2009, at 8:22 AM, sebb wrote: > > > > On 27/07/2009, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > sebb wrote: > > > > > > > > > > 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 like having this info in the file, since it saves a step looking at > the > > > repo to tell when the file was last modified. Like Emmanuel, when I > look at > > > it I am always just looking for the date, so it makes no difference to > me > > > that it is expressed in local time. > > > > > > > Indeed, but what use is the latest update date, without knowing what > > was changed? > > > > > > > > > > > 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 see the value of this one. > > > > > > Phil > > > > > > > > > > I don't think it adds much value. > > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
