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Subject: Re: [boost] Revision id in files.
From: Nicola Musatti (Nicola.Musatti_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-20 08:26:36


Robert Jones wrote:
> Despite using Boost for a little while I've only just noticed that many,
> (perhaps most or all) Boost files do not contain the Subversion release
> id. This seems less than ideal, but I can't imagine it is not a considered
> decision. So why is it this way?

Personally I find revision ID's in source file a useless nuisance. I
often need to compare Boost directory (sub-)trees and revison ID's make
files appear to differ when they don't.

Cheers,
Nicola

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