On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Eric Bélanger <snowmaniscool@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Evangelos Foutras <foutrelis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> The $Id$ keyword came up while talking with Angel and I realized that the >> svn:keywords property doesn't get set on PKGBUILD for new packages, and thus >> $Id$ doesn't get updated on commit. I believe we should fix this, as this >> information is useful when determining when a PKGBUILD was last modified and >> by whom. >> >> May I suggest we do the following: >> >> 1) Edit the "Adding a package" section [1] of the packaging instructions in >> the DeveloperWiki to include this step. (Adding `svn propset svn:keywords >> "Id" new-package/trunk/PKGBUILD' below the $EDITOR line perhaps?) >> 2) Add this property to all packages (this has been done once before by >> Aaron, if I remember correctly). >> >> What's your view on this? >> >> ---- >> [1] >> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:HOWTO_Be_A_Packager#Adding_a_package >> > > We should do #1. The Id tag should be set when a package is added to > the repo. As for option #2, it has already been done. > Done. I've edited the how-to.
