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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Cc: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Removal of CVS headers
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 15:15:47
Message-Id: CAGfcS_n3hZr9_OyEUfdbxo-ovRj0Gt5K-iZ=sKdSyAWjtoVqNg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Removal of CVS headers by Ulrich Mueller
1 On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 10:12 AM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
2 >>>>>> On Sat, 25 Feb 2017, Sergei Trofimovich wrote:
3 >
4 >> Typical questions for tree-wide cleanups:
5 >
6 >> - Are new ebuilds forbidden to have '$Id$' or just discouraged?
7 >> - [same as above] Will new version of repoman complain about
8 >> leftover '$Id$'?
9 >
10 > Not sure. That would have to be controlled via layout.conf, in case
11 > someone uses CVS or Subversion for their overlay?
12
13 It should certainly be forbidden in the main tree though, otherwise
14 what is the point in cleaning them up?
15
16 By all means be nice to people who want to have it in their overlays
17 and make it controllable in layout.conf, but it isn't like SVN or CVS
18 rely on keywords to function.
19
20 --
21 Rich