From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Achim Gratz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Version strings in lisp files? Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:54:34 +0200 Message-ID: <87wr58c139.fsf@Rainer.invalid> References: <87fwbxe34b.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <83sjfxgpy8.fsf@gnu.org> <878vhpxjhj.fsf@gnu.org> <83mx65goj2.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1335038122 2812 80.91.229.3 (21 Apr 2012 19:55:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:55:22 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 21 21:55:19 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SLgOr-0005ye-2L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:55:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53707 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SLgOq-0007s9-HW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:55:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35855) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SLgOl-0007ng-2V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:55:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SLgOg-0004rJ-Nr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:55:10 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:39328) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SLgOg-0004pF-Hu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:55:06 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SLgOd-0005su-8i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:55:03 +0200 Original-Received: from pd9eb3015.dip.t-dialin.net ([217.235.48.21]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:55:03 +0200 Original-Received: from Stromeko by pd9eb3015.dip.t-dialin.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:55:03 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd9eb3015.dip.t-dialin.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Q0G66zMPQNxYhNjwq6hHVCHvqkU= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:149930 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> 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. Thank you for the clarification. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Waldorf MIDI Implementation & additional documentation: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfDocs