Re: RCS tags

[Fri, 9 Feb 2001] Anil Madhavapeddy said: > Why not just do: > > // $Revision$ > > Seriously - you shouldn't be actually comparing RCS ids from a program; my > suggestion was purely for a simple visibility test. I think the only > version function that a PEAR package should be obliged to have is an > author-defined version, which can encompass a set of changes, and the RCS > tag should just stick around in the comments where it can be seen easily. This may be counter to what I said earlier, but I think I agree with Anil's argument. :) Comparing RCS IDs is probably more difficult and not as useful as comparing author-defined versions. Just as long as authors update their version numbers when they make significant changes. - Colin