[arch-general] svn:keywords is not set on newer packages

[Eric Bélanger]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Evangelos Foutras <foutrelis at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The $Id$ keyword came up while talking with Angel and I realized that the
> svn:keywords property doesn't get set on PKGBUILD for new packages, and thus
> $Id$ doesn't get updated on commit. I believe we should fix this, as this
> information is useful when determining when a PKGBUILD was last modified and
> by whom.
>
> May I suggest we do the following:
>
> 1) Edit the "Adding a package" section [1] of the packaging instructions in
> the DeveloperWiki to include this step. (Adding `svn propset svn:keywords
> "Id" new-package/trunk/PKGBUILD' below the $EDITOR line perhaps?)
> 2) Add this property to all packages (this has been done once before by
> Aaron, if I remember correctly).
>
> What's your view on this?
>
> ----
> [1]
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:HOWTO_Be_A_Packager#Adding_a_package
>

We should  do #1.  The Id tag should be set when a package is added to
the repo.  As for option #2, it has already been done.