On the uselessness of $Id: ... $ tags

[Sigbjorn Finne]

> 
> > early morning grumbling coming up...
> > 
> > why are RCS Id tags used in a bunch of files in fptools/? They
> > convey zero information that cannot easily be looked up by
> > either consulting your CVS/ directory or (better still) query
> > the CVS server. Can't we just get rid of them? (At least,
> > please stop including them in newly added files).
> 
> They don't tell you anything while the file is actually under CVS's
> control, but they convey useful information if a copy of the file is
> taken to use in another project.  Hence, they should travel with the
> copyright attribution at the top of the file.
> 

Not much more info than what can be gleaned from the file modification
time (and who's to say that the file hasn't been edited since being taken
out of a CVS repo?) IMO, very little gain compared to the pain
they induce.

--sigbjorn