From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Hanchrow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Meta-data in source files Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:08:17 -0700 Message-ID: <87irwykxcu.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1127071766 31524 80.91.229.2 (18 Sep 2005 19:29:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:29:26 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 18 21:29:25 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EH4qY-0001mX-3h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:29:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EH4qX-0005xi-JG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:29:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EH4on-0005Kd-2e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:27:17 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EH4nf-00053t-VY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:26:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EH4ne-0004xN-Cm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:26:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA:16) (Exim 4.34) id 1EH4ZA-0006LV-S2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:11:09 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1EH4Xc-0006li-0Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:09:32 +0200 Original-Received: from offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net ([206.124.138.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:09:32 +0200 Original-Received: from offby1 by offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:09:32 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/22.0.51 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:32vs8aQkFOX+BCcCaULJJfvsybw= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:43061 Archived-At: >>>>> "Emilio" == Emilio Lopes writes: Emilio> The right place for this information is in the version Emilio> control system. It's already there. Emilio> Putting them in the source files causes spurious Emilio> conflicts Perhaps, but it's surely useful to have that information in the files anyway; otherwise, how would someone know which version of a file they've got? Other revision control systems don't have this problem -- notably Subversion, which is designed specifically to appeal to CVS users. I hope the FSF considers using it. -- Documentation exists, but never seems to be complete. -- Dennis Ritchie, 1972