On 02/03/13 09:42, Richard Sandiford wrote: >> You missed the file header. > > That was deliberately in patch 2 though.
OK. >> Why bother with dual update issues? > > Well, the point is that patch 2 is scripted. OK: > echo "$copyright" | sed 's/(C) 2002-/(C) /' and now you print the right date and never have to hand update again. And if the notice gets changed because of a new and better address or whatever, just one place and not two. I hate hand updating mind numbing stuff like this. As you say: > Believe me, I don't find copyright year lists vs. ranges any more > interesting than the next man. This really was supposed to be > an attempt to make things simpler. "simpler" as in trying to never have to think about it any more? :)
