On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Simon Nash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Mark Combellack wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jean-Sebastien Delfino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: 15 April 2008 02:59
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: Adding SVN version to Java files
> > >
> > > Mark Combellack wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I've been looking through the Tuscany source code and noticed that
> > > > some
> > > > files have a @version containing the SVN revision number in their
> > > >
> > > JavaDoc
> > >
> > > > headers but others do not.
> > > >
> > > > As an example, @version might look like:
> > > >
> > > > /**
> > > >  * Some JavaDoc for the class
> > > >  *
> > > >  * @version $Rev: 598005 $ $Date: 2007-11-25 16:36:27 +0000 (Sun, 25
> > > > Nov
> > > > 2007) $
> > > >  */
> > > >
> > > > I would like to go through the Tuscany source code and add this
> > > > header
> > > >
> > > where
> > >
> > > > it is missing. This would involve a large number of minor changes to
> > > > the
> > > > Tuscany tree so I wanted to run it by everyone to make sure no-one
> > > > had a
> > > > problem with me doing this at this time.
> > > >
> > > > I'll probably start this next week unless there is an objection.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Mark
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  I'm replying again to the original message in this thread, as there
> > > doesn't seem to be any conclusion yet. Does anybody understand where
> > > we
> > > are with this?
> > >
> > > I'm usually adding the SVN rev tag to the files I touch when I see
> > > that
> > > it's missing. I guess I can continue like that but it doesn't sound
> > > ideal, so I'm still +1 on Mark's proposal.
> > >
> > > Anyway, Mark Thanks for volunteering to do this. I was hoping it'd
> > > take
> > > less than 3 weeks to reach consensus on changes like that which don't
> > > break anything...
> > > --
> > > Jean-Sebastien
> > >
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> >
> >
> > This topic appears to have gone quiet. I guess this means that we have a
> > "consensus" since there appears to be no active debate on this subject.
> >
> > In summary of this thread, we have:
> >
> >    +1 from Mark, Vasmi, Luciano and Sebastian.
> >
> >    ant prefers not to do this
> >
> >    Simon says he would find it useful.
> >
> >  I did say this, but there was subsequent discussion in which
> an alternative aproach was suggested, and I said the following
> in reply:
>
>  "Thanks.  This seems pretty easy to do, and it's 100% reliable.
>  Now I have discovered this, I don't see any great advantage in having
>  the same information within the file itself."
>
> So my view is that there is not much value in doing this.  Also,
> my experience today with patch application indicates that there can
> be a downside.
>
>
> >  From the above, we have 4 +1s and no -1s - although we have a
> > > preference not
> > >
> > to do this from ant. So, the consensus is to make this change.
> >
> >  We haven't held a formal vote, so I don't think we should be trying
> to decide this based on a count of +1s and -1s.

Agreed.  We should hold a formal vote.

++Vamsi

 I'd prefer to turn
> the question around and ask what is the value in adding this, given
> that the information is so easily available by other means.
>
>  Simon
>
>
>  I'll hold off making the changes for a few days and then start later this
> > week.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
>

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