From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle•de>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: implement a stable 'Last updated' in Documentation
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:18:42 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqbnlif6t9.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150128080214.GA18851@aepfle.de> (Olaf Hering's message of "Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:02:14 +0100")
Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle•de> 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 ;-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-29 6:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-26 17:24 implement a stable 'Last updated' in Documentation Olaf Hering
2015-01-27 11:11 ` Olaf Hering
2015-01-27 23:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-28 8:02 ` Olaf Hering
2015-01-29 6:18 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2015-01-30 10:05 ` Michael J Gruber
2015-01-30 15:07 ` Jeff King
2015-02-10 15:17 ` Olaf Hering
2015-02-10 18:43 ` Jeff King
2016-09-01 14:37 ` Olaf Hering
2016-09-01 20:17 ` Jeff King
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