Re: meson files copyright

On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 6:27 PM Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 09:09:25PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > On 19.12.22 19:33, Robert Haas wrote:
> > >On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 1:03 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > >>Vik Fearing <vik@postgresfriends.org> writes:
> > >>>Perhaps a bit off-topic, but what is the point of the file identifiers?
> > >>
> > >>IMO, it helps to tell things apart when you've got a bunch of editor
> > >>windows open on some mighty samey-looking meson.build files.
> > >
> > >On the other hand, maintaining those identification lines in all of
> > >our files has a pretty high distributed cost. I never use them to
> > >figure out what file I'm editing because my editor can tell me that.
> > >But I do have to keep fixing those lines as I create new files. It's
> > >not the most annoying thing ever, but I wouldn't mind a bit if I
> > >didn't have to do it any more.
> >
> > I agree it's not very useful and a bit annoying.
>
> Agreed.  To me, it's just one more thing to get wrong.

+1

We're just cargo-culting the old CVS $Id$ tags.