From: Emilio Lopes <eclig@gmx.net>
Cc: viniciusjl@ig.com.br
Subject: Re: Meta-data in source files
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:57:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1t1x3kophe.fsf@tiscali.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: E1EHAVD-0007KV-Bx@fencepost.gnu.org
Richard M Stallman writes:
> Could we agree to refrain from storing meta-data in source
> files? I'm referring here to things like "Time-stamp: ..." and
> CVS' "$Id" and friends.
> I have always preferred not to have such things in Emacs source
> files. It is the people who wrote the files (outside Emacs) who
> want them, but in Emacs itself they tend to cause confusion. I have
> stopped pushing on it, but I would be glad if those were deleted.
Bellow is a patch which removes the `Time-stamp' templates. I left
one though, because it's used to update the date in a Texinfo manual.
2005-09-19 Emilio C. Lopes <eclig@gmx.net>
* winner.el:
* ps-print.el:
* ps-mule.el:
* ps-bdf.el:
* progmodes/ebnf2ps.el:
* progmodes/ebnf-yac.el:
* progmodes/ebnf-otz.el:
* progmodes/ebnf-iso.el:
* progmodes/ebnf-ebx.el:
* progmodes/ebnf-dtd.el:
* progmodes/ebnf-bnf.el:
* progmodes/ebnf-abn.el:
* printing.el:
* net/newsticker.el:
* find-lisp.el:
* delim-col.el:
* calculator.el: deleted `time-stamp' templates.
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/calculator.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/calculator.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/calculator.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/calculator.el Mon Sep 19 20:38:29 2005
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*** 5,11 ****
;; Author: Eli Barzilay <eli@barzilay.org>
;; Keywords: tools, convenience
- ;; Time-stamp: <2005-07-18 17:45:34 juri>
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
--- 5,10 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/delim-col.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/delim-col.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/delim-col.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/delim-col.el Mon Sep 19 20:38:27 2005
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*** 5,11 ****
;; Author: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
;; Maintainer: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
- ;; Time-stamp: <2004/03/09 21:32:06 vinicius>
;; Version: 2.1
;; Keywords: internal
;; X-URL: http://www.cpqd.com.br/~vinicius/emacs/
--- 5,10 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/find-lisp.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/find-lisp.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/find-lisp.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/find-lisp.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:20 2005
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*** 3,9 ****
;; Author: Peter Breton
;; Created: Fri Mar 26 1999
;; Keywords: unix
- ;; Time-stamp: <2001-07-16 12:42:35 pavel>
;; Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004,
;; 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
--- 3,8 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/net/newsticker.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/net/newsticker.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/net/newsticker.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/net/newsticker.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:18 2005
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*** 9,15 ****
;; URL: http://www.nongnu.org/newsticker
;; Created: 17. June 2003
;; Keywords: News, RSS
- ;; Time-stamp: "26. August 2005, 16:33:46 (ulf)"
(defconst newsticker-version "1.8" "Version number of newsticker.el.")
--- 9,14 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/printing.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/printing.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/printing.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/printing.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:17 2005
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*** 4,10 ****
;; Author: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
;; Maintainer: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
- ;; Time-stamp: <2005/06/11 19:51:32 vinicius>
;; Keywords: wp, print, PostScript
;; Version: 6.8.4
;; X-URL: http://www.cpqd.com.br/~vinicius/emacs/
--- 4,9 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-abn.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-abn.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-abn.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-abn.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:15 2005
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*** 4,10 ****
;; Author: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
;; Maintainer: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
- ;; Time-stamp: <2004/04/03 16:43:57 vinicius>
;; Keywords: wp, ebnf, PostScript
;; Version: 1.1
--- 4,9 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-bnf.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-bnf.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-bnf.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-bnf.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:14 2005
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*** 5,11 ****
;; Author: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
;; Maintainer: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
- ;; Time-stamp: <2004/04/03 16:42:18 vinicius>
;; Keywords: wp, ebnf, PostScript
;; Version: 1.9
--- 5,10 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-dtd.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-dtd.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-dtd.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-dtd.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:14 2005
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*** 4,10 ****
;; Author: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
;; Maintainer: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
- ;; Time-stamp: <2004/04/04 21:50:16 vinicius>
;; Keywords: wp, ebnf, PostScript
;; Version: 1.0
--- 4,9 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-ebx.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-ebx.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-ebx.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-ebx.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:13 2005
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*** 4,10 ****
;; Author: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
;; Maintainer: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
- ;; Time-stamp: <2004/04/03 16:45:34 vinicius>
;; Keywords: wp, ebnf, PostScript
;; Version: 1.1
--- 4,9 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-iso.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-iso.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-iso.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-iso.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:13 2005
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*** 5,11 ****
;; Author: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
;; Maintainer: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
- ;; Time-stamp: <2004/04/03 16:48:52 vinicius>
;; Keywords: wp, ebnf, PostScript
;; Version: 1.8
--- 5,10 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-otz.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-otz.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-otz.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-otz.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:12 2005
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*** 5,11 ****
;; Author: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
;; Maintainer: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
- ;; Time-stamp: <2004/11/19 22:24:07 vinicius>
;; Keywords: wp, ebnf, PostScript
;; Version: 1.0
--- 5,10 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-yac.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-yac.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-yac.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-yac.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:12 2005
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*** 5,11 ****
;; Author: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
;; Maintainer: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
- ;; Time-stamp: <2004/04/03 16:50:46 vinicius>
;; Keywords: wp, ebnf, PostScript
;; Version: 1.3
--- 5,10 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf2ps.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf2ps.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf2ps.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/progmodes/ebnf2ps.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:11 2005
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*** 5,11 ****
;; Author: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
;; Maintainer: Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
- ;; Time-stamp: <2005-09-18 07:27:20 deego>
;; Keywords: wp, ebnf, PostScript
;; Version: 4.2
;; X-URL: http://www.cpqd.com.br/~vinicius/emacs/
--- 5,10 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/ps-bdf.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/ps-bdf.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/ps-bdf.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/ps-bdf.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:10 2005
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*** 5,11 ****
;; Keywords: wp, BDF, font, PostScript
;; Maintainer: Kenichi Handa <handa@etl.go.jp>
- ;; Time-stamp: <2003/07/11 21:13:44 vinicius>
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
--- 5,10 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/ps-mule.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/ps-mule.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/ps-mule.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/ps-mule.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:09 2005
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*** 8,14 ****
;; Maintainer: Kenichi Handa <handa@etl.go.jp> (multi-byte characters)
;; Vinicius Jose Latorre <vinicius@cpqd.com.br>
;; Keywords: wp, print, PostScript, multibyte, mule
- ;; Time-stamp: <2003/05/14 22:19:41 vinicius>
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
--- 8,13 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/ps-print.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/ps-print.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/ps-print.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/ps-print.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:08 2005
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*** 10,16 ****
;; Maintainer: Kenichi Handa <handa@etl.go.jp> (multi-byte characters)
;; Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
;; Keywords: wp, print, PostScript
- ;; Time-stamp: <2005/06/27 00:57:22 vinicius>
;; Version: 6.6.7
;; X-URL: http://www.cpqd.com.br/~vinicius/emacs/
--- 10,15 ----
diff -rN -c old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/winner.el new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/winner.el
*** old-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/winner.el Mon Sep 19 20:52:09 2005
--- new-emacs-darcs.eclig/lisp/winner.el Mon Sep 19 20:43:07 2005
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*** 5,11 ****
;; Author: Ivar Rummelhoff <ivarru@math.uio.no>
;; Created: 27 Feb 1997
- ;; Time-stamp: <2002-02-20 22:06:58 ivarru>
;; Keywords: convenience frames
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
--- 5,10 ----
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-19 18:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-18 14:29 Meta-data in source files Emilio Lopes
2005-09-18 19:08 ` Eric Hanchrow
2005-09-19 18:32 ` Emilio Lopes
2005-09-20 0:02 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-09-19 1:31 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-09-19 18:57 ` Emilio Lopes [this message]
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