From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>, Stromeko@nexgo.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Version strings in lisp files?
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:40:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvr4vgq3ir.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83mx65goj2.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:14:41 +0300")
> AFAIK, the policy is that _if_ you want some version string in a
> package, then keep that to a minimum (1 file). But there's no policy,
> AFAIK, to have a version string, if Org doesn't need that.
Yes, the fewer version numbers (and $Log$-style history) the better.
That's for "files under revision control". Such data added dynamically
during the build is perfectly fine, in pretty much any amount.
We do tolerate a few version tags in a few files because occasionally
people find it handy, but we definitely do not require them.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-21 19:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-21 11:27 Version strings in lisp files? Achim Gratz
2012-04-21 12:37 ` Jambunathan K
2012-04-21 13:19 ` Bastien
2012-04-21 14:09 ` Jambunathan K
2012-04-21 14:28 ` Bastien
2012-04-21 13:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-04-21 14:11 ` Bastien
2012-04-21 14:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-04-21 14:34 ` Jambunathan K
2012-04-21 14:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-04-21 14:47 ` Achim Gratz
2012-04-21 19:40 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-04-21 19:54 ` Achim Gratz
2012-04-21 22:59 ` Bastien
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