[ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread sebb
The SVN variable $Date shows the date of last update. Unfortunately this is expressed in local time, which makes comparing tags with source archives a bit tedious. Do we really need this variable? I would have thought that $Revision was enough to identify the file. Similarly, $HeadURL may vary:

Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread Luc Maisonobe
sebb a écrit : > The SVN variable $Date shows the date of last update. Unfortunately > this is expressed in local time, which makes comparing tags with > source archives a bit tedious. > > Do we really need this variable? I think it is important for users who find some source code to know how old

Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
sebb a écrit : The SVN variable $Date shows the date of last update. Unfortunately this is expressed in local time, which makes comparing tags with source archives a bit tedious. Do we really need this variable? I would have thought that $Revision was enough to identify the file. Similarly, $H

Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread sebb
On 27/07/2009, Luc Maisonobe wrote: > sebb a écrit : > > > The SVN variable $Date shows the date of last update. Unfortunately > > this is expressed in local time, which makes comparing tags with > > source archives a bit tedious. > > > > Do we really need this variable? > > > I think it is im

Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread sebb
On 27/07/2009, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > sebb a écrit : > > > > The SVN variable $Date shows the date of last update. Unfortunately > > this is expressed in local time, which makes comparing tags with > > source archives a bit tedious. > > > > Do we really need this variable? > > > > I would have th

Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
sebb a écrit : As I wrote originally, it makes comparison between the SVN tag and the source archive tedious. But what's the point of comparing them if they are supposed to be identical? For the release checking process maybe? Emmanuel Bourg

Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread James Ring
Hey, On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:00 AM, sebb wrote: > The SVN variable $Date shows the date of last update. Unfortunately > this is expressed in local time, which makes comparing tags with > source archives a bit tedious. > > Do we really need this variable? > > I would have thought that $Revision w

Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread Phil Steitz
sebb wrote: The SVN variable $Date shows the date of last update. Unfortunately this is expressed in local time, which makes comparing tags with source archives a bit tedious. Do we really need this variable? I like having this info in the file, since it saves a step looking at the repo to t

Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread sebb
On 27/07/2009, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > sebb a écrit : > > > > As I wrote originally, it makes comparison between the SVN tag and the > > source archive tedious. > > > > But what's the point of comparing them if they are supposed to be > identical? For the release checking process maybe? Exactly.

Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread sebb
On 27/07/2009, Phil Steitz wrote: > sebb wrote: > > > The SVN variable $Date shows the date of last update. Unfortunately > > this is expressed in local time, which makes comparing tags with > > source archives a bit tedious. > > > > Do we really need this variable? > > > > > I like having this i

Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread Ralph Goers
The files I have looked at have $Id: in them. This contains the latest revision number, the date and the committer id. From time to time I find this to be informative. I would prefer this over $Date or $HeadURL. Ralph On Jul 27, 2009, at 8:22 AM, sebb wrote: On 27/07/2009, Phil Steitz wro

Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread Luc Maisonobe
sebb a écrit : > On 27/07/2009, Phil Steitz wrote: > > sebb wrote: > > > >> The SVN variable $Date shows the date of last update. Unfortunately > >> this is expressed in local time, which makes comparing tags with > >> source archives a bit tedious. > >> > >> Do we really need this variable? > >>

Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread sebb
On 27/07/2009, Ralph Goers wrote: > The files I have looked at have $Id: in them. This contains the latest > revision number, the date and the committer id. From time to time I find > this to be informative. I would prefer this over $Date or $HeadURL. $Id is fine, because it uses UTC rather than

Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread Martin Cooper
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Luc Maisonobe wrote: > sebb a écrit : > > On 27/07/2009, Phil Steitz wrote: > > > sebb wrote: > > > > > >> The SVN variable $Date shows the date of last update. Unfortunately > > >> this is expressed in local time, which makes comparing tags with > > >> source arc

Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread Luc Maisonobe
sebb a écrit : > On 27/07/2009, Ralph Goers wrote: >> The files I have looked at have $Id: in them. This contains the latest >> revision number, the date and the committer id. From time to time I find >> this to be informative. I would prefer this over $Date or $HeadURL. > > $Id is fine, because

RE: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it?

2009-07-27 Thread Gary Gregory
I like to use $Id $ for this kind of information. Gary > -Original Message- > From: Luc Maisonobe [mailto:luc.maison...@free.fr] > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 7:12 AM > To: Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: [ALL] Use of SVN variable $Date$ - do we need it? &g