On 12/13/2012 02:43 PM, jp charras wrote: > Le 13/12/2012 21:10, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : >> On 12/13/2012 2:36 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >>> On 12/13/2012 01:33 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >>>> On 12/13/2012 01:00 PM, Kaspar Bumke wrote: >>>>> In the .sch files the lines look like this >>>>> >>>>> EESchema Schematic File Version 2 date Tue 11 Dec 2012 20:41:50 GMT >>>>> >>>>> and >>>>> >>>>> Date "11 dec 2012" >>>>> >>>>> I am pretty sure that there are similar ones in the .brd and .lib >>>>> files and others. They are the ones that get updated everytime the >>>>> files are saved. >>>>> >>>>>> Also, we probably should be only talking about the *.kicad_pcb format >>>>>> only. The older one >>>>> will fall into dis-use soon. >>>>> >>>>> I guess I don't know if a similar thing is planned for the new format >>>>> and now would be a good time to discuss it. >>>> Yes, just save your board with the save as menu, but before you do, pick >>>> the "file type" >>>> in the filename dialog as *.kicad_pcb, then get a good look. >>>> >>>> I think there's a good argument for a configuration setting, as to whether >>>> this is >>>> "save-date" included. >>>> >>>> Timestamps have another meaning, let's rather use "save-date". >>>> >>>> So we can either a) remove them, b) make their presence configurable, or >>>> c) do nothing. >> Doesn't the file system already keep track of the file modification date >> and time information? Adding it to the file seems a bit redundant. I >> wouldn't be offended if we removed it from the new file format. > "Doesn't the file system already keep track of the file modification date > and time information" > > Yes and no. > For instance, when copying the file, the date of the source is kept > under Windows, and updated under Unix. > And the file modification date has no meaning when this file is sent by > Internet. > In fact, when sharing files on a server, the file system date is not > always usable.
I change my vote from obstain to a), there are enough moving parts already, and this actually *encourages* VCS usage. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
