Re: Feature request: Timestamps

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 02:26 PM 6/23/2002 +0200, Patrick Gundlach wrote:
>Hello ConTeXt hackers,
>
>I would like to suggest to make some changes:
>
>since some of the context files (the files in texmf/tex/context/base)
>change once in a while, it would be nice to see which of them have
>changed. The versioning info in the file should be updated according to
>the last modified timestamp (if ther are any changes within the macros
>or the doc only, of course).
>
>Then it would be nice to have a web page with all the file listed in
>base together with their timestap. it can be a simple 'grep':
>
>something like this:
>
>xtag-exp.tex:%D        version=2001.08.20,
>xtag-ext.tex:%D        version=2001.03.21,
>xtag-ini.tex:%D        version=2000.12.20,
>xtag-map.tex:%D        version=2000.12.20,
>xtag-mmc.tex:%D        version=2000.12.20,
>xtag-mml.tex:%D        version=2000.12.20,
>xtag-mmp.tex:%D        version=2000.12.20,
>
>this would help to see if I need the newest beta, if i find a bug in
>context in a certain file. For example, I am just checking the
>core-itm for Idris, but I am note sure if the bug (if it is a bug) i
>have found is still in the newest beta. Before downloading the whole
>new cont-tmf.zip it would be nice if I could check a page on the web
>and see if there are any changes.
>
>Or put all your file into cvs and give us read-access :)

i admit that i need to adapt the dates (but since i seldom work at the top 
of the file ...

Once i got out local infra structure updated (just installed yet another 
server which does auto backup using secure rsync) i will khave a look at 
it; one reason for not using a cvs repository (i would only use it as 
repository for public context stuff since i hate the idea of all kind of 
mess ending up in there) was that i was in the process of splitting up 
context (i'm still not sure what happens when one removes a file). So, 
there will be either a cvs or rsyncable archive (synced with our local web 
server).

Another option is to auto-update the time stamps (ignoring comment lines) 
which is what i already do with the main file.

So, it will happen (i will also provide a mechanism in texexec to use 
multiple context trees in parallel)

Hans
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