linux-kernel - Re: Documentation of kernel messages (Summary)

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:10:17 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, leoli@...escale.com,
	Gerrit Huizenga <gh@...ibm.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Kunai, Takashi" <kunai@...ux-foundation.jp>,
	holzheu@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	lf_kernel_messages@...ux-foundation.org, mtk-manpages@....net,
	jack@...e.cz, randy.dunlap@...cle.com, gregkh@...e.de,
	pavel@....cz, tim.bird@...sony.com, arjan@...radead.org,
	sam@...nborg.org, jengelh@...putergmbh.de, joe@...ches.com,
	auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com, hansendc@...ibm.com, davem@...emloft.net,
	kenistoj@...ibm.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
	heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Documentation of kernel messages (Summary)

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:25:49 +0200, Stefan Richter said:
> Alan Cox wrote:
> > The English versions need a last updated too, that way we would know when
> > they are past their best before date (as most of them are)
> 
> I've got the impression that whenever I saw a "last updated:" note in a
> documentation, this note was out of date.

RCS and SCCS let you stick stuff like $DATE and $VERSION into the source, so
it would be automagically replaced at checkin/checkout time.  Not sure how
well that would work across a mesh of 'git pull' and 'git push' across trees. :)

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