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

[Eric Bélanger]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Eric Bélanger <snowmaniscool at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>

Done. I've edited the how-to.