Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I find these markers useful when comparing file dates when updating > old software, and I think it would be a clear disadvantage if moving > to git won't make the same thing possible.
They are controversial. I'd rather remove them, at least in the files I help maintain. They cause me more problems than they cure, because they introduce spurious changes. Call me an Aristotelian if you like, but I prefer to keep metadata separate from data. While I'm throwing oil onto the fire, I have a similar opinion of the version numbers we maintain in the .m4 files. They're even worse, since they're maintained by hand.
