Re: Customizable Keywords

"Eric Gillespie, Jr." <epg@pretzelnet.org> writes:
> In any case, i have two comments about this. First, some
> analogue of CVS's Id will be necessary (containing the filename,
> last revision in which it changed, who changed it, and when).

Can you give some reasons why an equivalent of $Id$ is necessary?
I.e., Why it's worthwhile to have keywords that are just combinations
of other keywords?

Not being sarcastic, just want to know.

> Second, most projects want a custom keyword ($NetBSD$,
> $XConsortium$, etc.), usually made equivalent to Id.

What do these keywords do? Why are they preferable to $Id$ or to the
equivalent combination of more primitive keywords?

Thanks,
-Karl

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Received on Sat Oct 21 14:36:52 2006