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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch
From: |
Robert Anderson |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch |
Date: |
26 Sep 2003 08:09:40 -0700 |
On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 05:10, Colin Walters wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 05:24, Alexander Deruwe wrote:
>
> > The best suggestion so far (or rather the one which I like the most ;)
> > is to use the output of 'uuidgen', like so:
> >
> > /* arch-tag: a510a930-ee34-4b0d-9de0-17fb090a6bd5
> > */
>
> I thought about this the last time it was debated, and I still like
> descriptive English tags, e.g.:
>
> /*
> * arch-tag: Implementation of RhythmDB - Rhythmbox backend queryable
> database
> */
>
> /*
> * arch-tag: Implementation of main Rhythmbox shell
> */
>
> My theory is that if you name things well, it's very unlikely to clash
> with anything else.
Less likely than uuidgen? Are you serious?
And as for the argument that tags will be out of
> date eventually...well, if your file changes enough to make you want to
> change the tag, I think it makes sense to treat it as deleting the old
> file and creating a new one in its place.
I soundly reject the idea that history should be disjoined as a file
evolves in intended function as captured in a "descriptive comment".
Bob
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: give us a hand with arch, Pau Aliagas, 2003/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: give us a hand with arch, Andrea Arcangeli, 2003/09/26
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Mark A. Flacy, 2003/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Miles Bader, 2003/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch,
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Colin Walters, 2003/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Robert Anderson, 2003/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Colin Walters, 2003/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Tom Lord, 2003/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Andrea Arcangeli, 2003/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Charles Duffy, 2003/09/26