Re: meson files copyright

From: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: meson files copyright
Date: 2022-12-20 05:26:50
Message-ID: 20221220052650.GE1086702@rfd.leadboat.com
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On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 09:09:25PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 19.12.22 19:33, Robert Haas wrote:
> >On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 1:03 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> >>Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org> writes:
> >>>Perhaps a bit off-topic, but what is the point of the file identifiers?
> >>
> >>IMO, it helps to tell things apart when you've got a bunch of editor
> >>windows open on some mighty samey-looking meson.build files.
> >
> >On the other hand, maintaining those identification lines in all of
> >our files has a pretty high distributed cost. I never use them to
> >figure out what file I'm editing because my editor can tell me that.
> >But I do have to keep fixing those lines as I create new files. It's
> >not the most annoying thing ever, but I wouldn't mind a bit if I
> >didn't have to do it any more.
>
> I agree it's not very useful and a bit annoying.

Agreed. To me, it's just one more thing to get wrong.

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