Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:16:52 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.ORG>, Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: __RCSID() and __VERSION() macros and their ``static const char'' equivalents Message-ID: <20010813201652.A2099@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20010813100329.C94831@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 10:03:29AM -0700 References: <20010813165753.A74504@sunbay.com> <20010813174114.A26468@phantom.cris.net> <20010813094549.A94831@dragon.nuxi.com> <20010813195826.A99201@sunbay.com> <20010813100329.C94831@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 10:03:29AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 07:58:26PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > > > > > __RCSID() should be forgotten about. It is a lost cause like using > > > "$Id$". There is just too much imported and barrowed code that uses > > > __RCSID for us to try to use it also (I tried). I have a few ideas on > > > the topic and let see if the small group of us discussing the issue can > > > flush something out. > > > > > I can't see what's wrong with current implementation of __RCSID(), > > it definitely works. > > There are problems with it. Please don't turn this into a bikeshed. The > small working group we've had on this is suffient to work out something. > I don't understand. Under the "small group of us", do you refer to this thread, or to another one? If the former, I'm sorry, and am waiting for "ideas on the topic" from you. I have not (yet) heard them, that's why I asked. Am I not allowed to know your ideas/concerns? (You behave like if I already knew them, and am saying something stupid.) Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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