begin quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] as of Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:56:28PM -0400: > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:03:55AM -0700, David Brown wrote: > > Really. They are probably the single most obnoxious attribute of our use > > of P4 at work, especially given P4's blurring of branch and directory > > names. Just branching a file causes the version stamp to change, making > > merges or even just diffs obnoxious. > > How about just using the file name and data keywords then? But foregoing the > version keyword?
What, you want to embed the filename in the file? I do like C's __FILE__ macro. > > Another is a "ChangeLog" file. The need to write history information into > > a file suggests that the history in the revision control system either > > isn't very good, or isn't accessible. > > Yea I've never written nor read a ChangeLog file. The fact they may be > obsolete therefore makes me feel better. :) > > Wow I didn't know ChageLogs predated VCS. The first VCS was available in 1972. Changes were no doubt logged before then, but the "changelog" file idea came about when? -- Surely cards, tape, and printouts suffice. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
