Re: meson files copyright

From: Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: meson files copyright
Date: 2022-12-19 17:18:41
Message-ID: 08ae2238-ec90-4614-10f9-0be859b58f83@postgresfriends.org
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On 12/19/22 16:20, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> I notice that none of the meson files contain copyright notices. Shall I
>> add them?
>
> +1. Their comment density is pretty awful too --- maybe I'm just
> not used to meson, but they seem just about completely undocumented.
> And there's certainly been no effort to transfer the accumulated wisdom
> of the makefile comments (where it's still relevant, of course).
>
> Don't see any simple fix for that, but copyright notices would
> be a good idea, and so would file identifiers according to our
> longstanding practice.

Perhaps a bit off-topic, but what is the point of the file identifiers?
--
Vik Fearing

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