[mapserver-dev] Source code header questions

[Seth G]

Bas, Thomas - many thanks for the clear replies. I'll use this year for new files, and remove the $Id$ on files I update. 

Seth

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On Tue, Sep 17, 2019, at 10:20 PM, thomas bonfort wrote:
> 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 On other projects the convention "Copyright (c) 1996-present" is used so that it doesn't become out-of-date.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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