On 5 April 2011 10:44, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5 April 2011 09:55, Simone Tripodi <simonetrip...@apache.org> wrote: >> Hi all guys! >> >> @Torsten: I agree, question is that I have never understood why the >> common usage is putting SVN tags in @version javadoc, so since I >> noticed a mixed usage, I wondered which one is the commonly used; >> >> @Christian: I intended @version, because existing source have *a lot* >> of that tag; for @since instead the common usage seems to be correct >> >> BTW I would be +1 for NO @version and putting only @since > > I think the intention of the @version tag is to identify code that is > not stored in SVN - e.g. in a source archive. > > $Revision$ and $Id$ (or even $HeadUrl) are fine in @version comments, > however please don't use $Date$ as that is expressed in local time. > This really messes up release checking as the dates in source archives > don't match the dates in SVN tag checkouts unless the same timezone is > being used.
In case it's not obvious, I am -1 to banning @version, as it can be useful +1 to banning $Date$ in @version --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
