Re: last modified date in CVS

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> Harald Harders wrote:
> 
>> grep '/ChangeLog/' CVS/Entries  | sed 's_/ChangeLog/[0-9.]*/\(.*\)//_\1_'
>>
>> during compiling or by ./configure or ./prepare.
> 
> 
> Please keep in mind that not all developers are on Unix ...
> 
> If we want to put a 'last checkin' timestamp into the banner page of
> builds from CVS, the server is the place to implement such a scheme. The 
> server would basically modify 'version.h' automatically, every single 
> time anybody checks in anything.  The date string could either be taken 
> from the RCS $Id, or generated by a script on the server.

Along the same line of reasoning, I think we wouldn't want to open the door for users or maintainers to easily, unintentionally modifying that date.  In very few instances would that be useful, I think.  Rather it would lead to more confusion where an older CVS version could appear to have a more recent date.  I say we're stamping what's in CVS and if ever someone wants to change that date on a local copy, they have to go out of their way to do it.

Dan