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RE: cvs log and UTC
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Jim.Hyslop |
Subject: |
RE: cvs log and UTC |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:22:32 -0500 |
Derek Robert Price wrote:
> Mark D. Baushke wrote:
> > a bigger question is if that change should also go into
> > things like $Id$
> > and other RCS keyword expansion strings...
>
>
> Got me here. I tend to avoid RCS keywords as much as
> possible. I know
> that they are useful via the `ident' command, but that is
> supposed to be
> human readable, I think. Even if it is intended to be
> machine readable,
> I would say standards would be better. What do other people think?
I agree - consistent date format is good, and using an ISO standard is even
better.
I think the RCS keywords should also be expanded. Now, having said that, I
also have to point out that I'm not aware of all the other utilities that
may depend on the keyword expansion - I'd never have considered the impact
on `ident', for example.
Seems to me the best way to implement this would be to have a global option
which controls the date format, something like:
-l Display local time for timestamps
-u Display UTC for timestamps
Default for the next stable release would be -u, then eventually it could be
changed to -l.
And, of course, all timestamp displays should go through a single function.
> Regardless, when we're just talking about rewriting scripts using CVS
> output to parse _more standard_ dates, I personally don't consider the
> change drastic or the effects catastrophic. In the long run it would
> certainly be a good thing.
Agreed here, as well.
--
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)
- Re: cvs log and UTC, (continued)
- Re: cvs log and UTC, Mark D. Baushke, 2004/03/24
- Re: cvs log and UTC, Derek Robert Price, 2004/03/24
- Re: cvs log and UTC, Mark D. Baushke, 2004/03/24
- Re: cvs log and UTC, Larry Jones, 2004/03/24
- Re: cvs log and UTC, Mark D. Baushke, 2004/03/24
- Re: cvs log and UTC, Derek Robert Price, 2004/03/24
- RE: cvs log and UTC, Donald Sharp \(sharpd\), 2004/03/24
- Re: cvs log and UTC, Paul Sander, 2004/03/24
- Re: cvs log and UTC, Mark D. Baushke, 2004/03/24
- Re: cvs log and UTC, Frederic Brehm, 2004/03/25
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