Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750914AbWBFKJ7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 05:09:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750923AbWBFKJ6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 05:09:58 -0500 Received: from vanessarodrigues.com ([192.139.46.150]:30604 "EHLO jaguar.mkp.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750914AbWBFKJ6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 05:09:58 -0500 To: rjwalsh@durables.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Question about RCS keywords References: <52970.72.254.5.223.1139219753.squirrel@www.durables.org> From: Jes Sorensen Date: 06 Feb 2006 05:09:57 -0500 In-Reply-To: <52970.72.254.5.223.1139219753.squirrel@www.durables.org> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 702 Lines: 14 >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Walsh writes: Robert> Hi, I notice some files in the kernel have RCS keywords in Robert> them: look at kernel/dma.c, for example. Most files don't. Robert> What's the policy on this? Robert, The general consensus seems to be that it's fine to have it as long as you make sure not to push out patches changing it all the time. Ie. if you don't own the file, you don't change the RCS tag in it. Cheers, Jes - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/