[mapserver-dev] Source code header questions

[thomas bonfort]

Seth,
The $id$ part effectively dates from svn commit hooks and can be safely
removed (from all the files) now.
Regards,
Thomas

Le mar. 17 sept. 2019 à 21:43, Seth G <sethg at geographika.co.uk> a écrit :

> Hi all,
>
> As part of the MapScript updates I'll be adding several new docstring
> related files and udpating the SWIG interface files.
> Currently most file headers look similar to below:
>
> /*
> ===========================================================================
>    $Id$
>
>    Project:  MapServer
>    Purpose:  SWIG interface file for mapscript colorObj extensions
>    Author:   Steve Lime
>              Sean Gillies, sgillies at frii.com
>
>
>  ===========================================================================
>    Copyright (c) 1996-2001 Regents of the University of Minnesota.
>
>    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
>    copy of ..
>
> I have a couple of questions.
>
> 1. Is the "$Id$" necessary? I believe this was related to when the code
> was stored in SVN? If no longer necessary should it be removed?
> 2. Should the copyright dates be updated? These are often inconsistent. On
> other projects the convention "Copyright (c) 1996-present" is used so that
> it doesn't become out-of-date. Is this an option?
>
>
> Seth
>
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