Re: keywords

Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org> writes:

> The keywords seem awfully lengthy. I'd like to suggest some alternatives:
>
> LastChangedRevision -> Revision
> LastChangedDate -> Date
> LastChangedBy -> Author

We had the same debate in Chicago. I agree that they're annoyingly
long, BUT... remember that expanded keywords show up in documents that
are read by people who know nothing about version control. If they
see a "$Date: ...$", or "$Author: ...$" in a document, they may think
that the document was created on a single date or written by a single
author. The "LastChanged" prefix indicates that the document has
evolved, via many authors.

Is this silly?

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Received on Sat Oct 21 14:36:52 2006