>Eric Lemings wrote: > > Key: STDCXX-948 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STDCXX-948 > Project: C++ Standard Library > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: Configuration > Reporter: Eric Lemings > Priority: Minor > > >Define a substitution variable during configuration (i.e. add >{{AC_SUBST(STDCXX_YEAR, `date +%Y`)}} to {{configure.ac}}) and >replace this variable in all copyright notices (i.e. change >{{Copyright 1994-2008 Rogue Wave Software, Inc.}} to >{{Copyright [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ Rogue Wave Software, Inc.}}) > >-- >This message is automatically generated by JIRA. >- >You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. > >
I believe that the copyright dates need to be correct for the files by the time they are received by the user. If this is correct, then the substitution would have to happen when the files are submitted to subversion, not after the user has run the configure step. One solution is to write a commit hook that verifies the copyright date is accurate for files as they are committed. This has the disadvantage that the copyrights aren't updated for files that aren't touched. Another solution would be to have a script that runs periodically [say every 24 hours] that checks out the head of a given branch, scans for and updates the copyright, and then commits the result. Travis
