Re: On git 1.6 (novice's opinion)

From: Ulrich Windl <ulrich.windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
Date: Apr 1, 2009, 11:52 UTC
Message-ID: <49D37190.23422.145597D@Ulrich.Windl.rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <49D34015.9080709@op5.com>

On 1 Apr 2009 at 12:21, Andreas Ericsson wrote:

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> > What I don't understand here is: Why wouldn't the $Id$ be updated upon upgrade? 
> > Because it's a manual process?
> > 
> 
> It MAY not get updated, since $Id$ tags are per-file instead of per-project.
> Any sane project will have more than one file, and the file listing the
> $Id$ that the end-user sees may not have changed since the last release.
> 
> Per-file revision tags are stupid and useless for anything but a one-file
> project.

Hmm...:
# what vmunix
vmunix:
         ivt.s $Date: 2008/11/21 09:10:19 $Revision: r11.31/5 PATCH_11.31 (B11.3
1.0903LR)
         side_dumpdev - HP IDE Dump Driver B.11.31 /ux/core/kern/em/svc/dump/scs
i_ide_dumpdev.c: Jan  8 2009, 23:48:25
         eschgr - Changer Driver B.11.31.01 /ux/core/kern/common/io/escsi/eschgr
/eschgr.c:Jan 10 2007,17:04:47
         eschgr - Changer Driver B.11.31.01 /ux/core/kern/common/io/escsi/eschgr
/eschgr_diag.c:Dec 27 2006,16:59:17
[...]
        vxfs:$RCSfile: vx_portal.c,v $  $Revision: 4.14.26.3 $
        vxfs:$RCSfile: vx_portal_osrel.c,v $    $Revision: 1.1.2.1 $
        vxfs:$RCSfile: vx_portal_dlkm.c,v $     $Revision: 1.1.2.1 $
        vxfs:$RCSfile: vxportal50.modmeta,v $   $Revision: 1.1.2.5 $
         wsio_cdio.c $Date: 2008/06/03 05:52:50 $Revision: r11.31/13 PATCH_11.31
 (B11.31.0809LR)
         $Revision: wsio:    B11.31.0809LR
         $Revision: wxb_hp:    B.11.31_LR
         tracer.s $Date: 2008/04/28 17:14:06 $Revision: r11.31/3 PATCH_11.31 (B1
1.31.0809LR)

For a kernel, where development is decentralized, it would make sense: Imageine a user (or distributor) will nut upgrade anything to the latest version, but only parts (subsystems). Then the single kernel version number is meaningless.

Regards, Ulrich