Re: Cleaning up CVS tags from code

Dalibor Topic <[email protected]> Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:05:43 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.java.classpath.extensions.xml
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Hi Nic,

Nic Ferrier wrote:
> Arnaud Vandyck <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> 
>>On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:24:03 +0100
>>Dalibor Topic <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>
>>Hi again! ;)
>>
>>[...]
>>
>>
>>>Would you accept a patch that removes those tags ($Id, $Date, etc.) from 
>>>the sources?
>>
>>I see no objection but I prefer to be seconded before applying it (so
>>maybe wait an other '+1' before doing it ;))
> 
> 
> No, don't do that please. We use them to keep track of stuff.

Thanks for the quick reply.

Could you elaborate on that? I've never used those tags myself, so I'm 
wondering what further information they could provide that CVS doesn't.

cheers,
dalibor topic