Re: [Springframework-developer] @since and @version tags

[William G. T. Jr. <wg...@ru...>]

i'm not sure i feel strongly either way...traditionally I've always put 
$Id$ in every text file I management in CVS.  This has also been the 
case in every open source project I have been involved in or used.  That 
is not neccesarily a good enough reason to continue to do it...

In web app dev $Id$ comes in really handy to verify the build process 
ran correctly and the thing you thought was deployed actually got 
deployed.  for instance we put $Id$ in HTML comments for our Views so 
that we can view source in the running app to check the versions.

however, I also understand the problem with branch/merge...but why 
doesn't the -kk solution work?

+0 for $Id$

later.
Bill


Dmitriy Kopylenko wrote:

> Let's give others a chance ;-)
> 
> Alef, Keith, Mark, Bill.... what's your vote?
> 
> 
> Rob Harrop wrote:
> 
>> Nothing like a good old fashioned standoff :)
>>
>> Shootout at noon?
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: spr...@li...
>> [mailto:spr...@li...] On 
>> Behalf Of
>> Dmitriy Kopylenko
>> Sent: 29 July 2004 16:16
>> To: spr...@li...
>> Subject: Re: [Springframework-developer] @since and @version tags
>>
>> 3 for (Rod, Dmitriy, Rob)
>> 3 against  (Juergen, Thomas, Colin)
>> 1 neutral (Darren)
>>
>>
>> Colin Sampaleanu wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> I do like $Id tags to be able to look at files and see who to blame 
>>> for the last changes :-), but I would rather be able to branch/merge 
>>> comfortably in the future. With Tortoise and Eclipse, I can see the 
>>> revision history _very_ easily anyways, wherever I am.
>>>
>>> So -1 for using them from now on (i.e let's get rid of them)...
>>>
>>>
>>> Dmitriy Kopylenko wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> Well, let's take a vote. I'm for $Id tags (+1)
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Dmitriy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> jürgen höller [werk3AT] wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>> I'd actually prefer if we drop $Id tags from all files. I 
>>>>> personally don't think that they add much value. Of course, if a 
>>>>> democratic decision goes in favor of those tags, well, I'll concede 
>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Regarding @since tags, we're currently using them with the creation 
>>>>> date. That has been quite nice during our agile way towards 1.0. We 
>>>>> could indeed reconsider to use version numbers there now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions on how to apply a consistent style for all source 
>>>>> files in a batch, without messing them up? $Id is probably easy, 
>>>>> @since nearly impossible, parameter alignment easy again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Juergen
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>
>>>>> Von: spr...@li... im 
>>>>> Auftrag von Colin Sampaleanu
>>>>> Gesendet: Mi 28.07.2004 20:38
>>>>> An: spr...@li...
>>>>> Betreff: Re: [Springframework-developer] @since and @version tags
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dmitriy Kopylenko wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I like id keywords...they're mainly in the code through my 
>>>>>>> classes or
>>>>>>> classes I've edited... (Damn, if it's standardized, I won't know 
>>>>>>> if I've
>>>>>>> worked on a particular file any more :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also insert $Id:$ when I work on existing classes or create new 
>>>>>> ones
>>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dmitriy.
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>         
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I personally like $Id tags. But they do suck big time when trying to
>>>>> merge files back in after a branch, causing a conflict/change to exist
>>>>> when there shouldn't be any... There seems to be a trend to going away
>>>>> from using them in files, by some people, for this reason.
>>>>>
>>>>> Colin
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>