From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: implement a stable 'Last updated' in Documentation Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:18:42 -0800 Message-ID: References: <20150126172409.GA15204@aepfle.de> <20150128080214.GA18851@aepfle.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Olaf Hering X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Jan 29 07:18:55 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YGiRK-0005J2-B0 for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 07:18:54 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753779AbbA2GSq (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jan 2015 01:18:46 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp1.int.icgroup.com ([208.72.237.35]:61712 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752727AbbA2GSp (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jan 2015 01:18:45 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66D782931D; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 01:18:44 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=uT49AIhie0a1lFl+VHp1YNGPNwA=; b=dZ53cU UO2LV/nJoPjU6VjsIC1s6X9xZ+O08QKocIGR29Lh7SidW0GZ/spQJJYwxdqtB7Gq ky49u4u17IOAgvqo3tCnPvTkVLdkxkd0ABlMjW8zm2/PezC4dBJTpkS/khLG9OpR fS/khfbEPfKu6pqpGcEb99LfJ788M6ngq1Gq0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=TPRRBjQzGpT/ISS1r3ApcfLeagR1ayn9 8DZnyX3F3gffxGJRq9nRaAXWMw7vUvqZ8Bcpqvx6AkBG3Y9GK16BAfBTwXfBj47z KvpaC7JnVYuDEczQKRMosJafDv9sYE6/2rBUekNKBKvGfPvb4ucPjU7z4QW6mDwq qpwASciu2qM= Received: from pb-smtp1.int.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CC4F2931C; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 01:18:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [72.14.226.9]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D8F252931B; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 01:18:43 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20150128080214.GA18851@aepfle.de> (Olaf Hering's message of "Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:02:14 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: AD0D30A4-A77E-11E4-B6D0-7BA29F42C9D4-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Olaf Hering writes: > On Tue, Jan 27, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> > What file timestamp should be used for them? Likely "../version"? >> >> I tend to think the "Last updated" timestamp taken from the >> filesystem timestamp is a bad practice inherited by these tools from >> the days back when nobody used any revision control systems. > > I'm not sure. The bug is that such 'Last updated' line exists at all in > the default output. Noone asked for it, noone really needs it. And it > makes it impossible to get reproducible builds. Amen to that ;-)