Richard Lowe wrote:
> James Carlson wrote:
>> Richard Lowe writes:
>>> Those of us on the outside don't have SCCS/*.
>>>
>>> #pragma ident "%Z%%M% %I% %E% SMI"
>>>
>>> Where the longer strings of spaces are literal tabs.
>>
>> Really, though, until the source code management system is set up to
>> handle direct contributions, I don't think that external contributors
>> should worry at all about cosmetic minutia like this. It's something
>> the sponsor should deal with.
>>
>
> I would disagree, I tend to think (though I'm guilty of not doing so),
> that doing as much work as is possible on the outside, and making the
> sponsors role easier is generally worthwhile. If sponsorship is more
> chore-like than it has to be, less and less people will be willing to
> do it, and as you said, once an SCM presents itself, that work will
> have to be done on the outside anyway, so why not do it now and get in
> the habit of it?
I would hope _this_ particular bit of minutiae would be taken care of
automatically by whatever new SCM is introduced.
This particular annoyance isn't something that, IMO, external
contributors should be saddled with, because, quite honestly, its the
sort of thing that folks are likely to forget about and get messed up.
When I send my sponsors code, I send it in the form of diffs, so they
have to double check them anyway, to make sure that they are applied
correctly.
-- Garrett
--
Garrett D'Amore, Principal Software Engineer
Tadpole Computer / Computing Technologies Division,
General Dynamics C4 Systems
http://www.tadpolecomputer.com/
Phone: 951 325-2134 Fax: 951 325-2191
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