Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 23:44:56 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: dg@root.com Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Stephen McKay <syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au>, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/isa/bs bs.c bs_isa.c bs_pisa.c bsfunc.c bsfunc.h bshw.c bshw.h bshw.lst bshw_dma.c bshw_pdma.c bsvar.h ccbque.h dvcfg.h scsi_dvcfg.h Message-ID: <E0vh8no-0003gi-00@rover.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 05 Jan 1997 22:14:39 PST." <199701060614.WAA00766@root.com> References: <199701060614.WAA00766@root.com>
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In message <199701060614.WAA00766@root.com> David Greenman writes: : I've asked people to look at the $Id$ in their source file and confirm : that it was a specific rev at least a dozen times since the start of the : project 4 years ago. It has been a very valuable thing when I needed it. : I do agree that it can be a pain, however, and I certainly understand : the viewpoint that it is more trouble than it's worth. I have many times been able to merge in changes from FreeBSD into OpenBSD and vice versa because the ID number showed me *EXACTLY* where the branches had happened, and what I needed to grab from CVS to get back and what patches I needed to apply. This is a good thing. None of the other $*BSD$ keywords expand, and at most they create a minor addition to the diffs that are generated. I have also used $ID$ many many times to update my /etc/ files to preserve my local changes. This has been quite useful and saved me hours of frustration. The $Id:$ that cause the most problems are those from other things where you must preserve the original $Id$ in order for things to merge right later. I admit that is a problem that needs a solution, but completely removing the $id$ from our sources isn't that solution. It won't help the case that is really the problem, and it will make it harder for others to merge our software. Just my two cents. You can tell Jordan and I differ as to what needs to happen here :-) Warner
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