Re: $PostgreSQL$ for revision info

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Galbavy <peter(dot)galbavy(at)knowtion(dot)net>, Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: $PostgreSQL$ for revision info
Date: 2003-06-23 03:52:34
Message-ID: 200306230352.h5N3qYL21654@candle.pha.pa.us
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Added to TODO:

* Change CVS $Id$ to $PostgreSQL$

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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Is this a dead issue? I know several people said they wanted it.
>
> I'm willing to do it if people want it. Some of my Red Hat coworkers
> say it'd make their lives easier.
>
> I'd actually suggest that we standardize on $PostgreSQL$ working like
> $Id$ not $Header$, ie omitting the full-path info. While I'd rather
> have the path in it myself, this would have the advantage that checkouts
> from the master and anoncvs servers would look the same. Several people
> have griped about differences between distribution tarballs and anoncvs
> checkouts due to the repository path not being the same.
>
> Plan B would be to get the repository path to be the same on both
> servers, but that would cause a flag day for either committers or
> noncommitters ...
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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