[Axiom-developer] Re: Revision history

[Ralf Hemmecke]

> As Bill, I think hard-coded modification date is preferable, as it
> allows minor modification (e.g. fixing typo). Of course, it depends on
> the semantics you espect on the date.

I also vote for hardcoded version or date information in a file. If you 
take the modification time of the file, it might be a bit confusing if 
an identical file appears in another branch of Axiom. Those two files 
will probably have different times and all you see in the .dvi is that 
they seem to be different.

> William Sit <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Come to think of it, each pamphlet file should include a revision
> > history, with dates, much like code. So we should have latex macros
> > \creationdate, \revisiondates, and \filedate (which may be included in
> > \revisiondates).
>
> Doesn't that revision history belong to the changesets of the Source
> Code Management system, whichever it is?

I am also wondering why we would use some SCM and then hardcode 
\creationdate, etc. You can use, for example, "svn log FILENAME" and get 
all the wonderful history.

Ralf