Re: [PHP-PEAR] RCS tags

[Fri, 9 Feb 2001] Anil Madhavapeddy said:

> Why not just do:
> 
> // $Revision$
> 
> Seriously - you shouldn't be actually comparing RCS ids from a program; my
> suggestion was purely for a simple visibility test.  I think the only
> version function that a PEAR package should be obliged to have is an
> author-defined version, which can encompass a set of changes, and the RCS
> tag should just stick around in the comments where it can be seen easily.


This may be counter to what I said earlier, but I think I agree with
Anil's argument.  :)

Comparing RCS IDs is probably more difficult and not as useful as
comparing author-defined versions.  Just as long as authors update their
version numbers when they make significant changes. 

- Colin