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

[Dmitriy K. <dko...@ru...>]

So is this the final vote? Are we getting rid of $Id$s then?

Dmitriy.

Dmitriy Kopylenko wrote:

> 3 in favor
> 4 against
> 2 neutral
>
>
> William G. Thompson, Jr. wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>>>       
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
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