Re: [bug-inetutils] delay initialization of shishi in telnet

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   >    > | To update the list of year numbers, add each year in which
   >    > | you have made nontrivial changes to the package.  (Here we
   >    > | assume you're using a publicly accessible revision control
   >    > | server, so that every revision installed is also
   >    > | immediately and automatically published.)  When you add
   >    > | the new year, it is not required to keep track which files
   >    > | have seen significant changes in the new year and which
   >    > | have not.  It is recommended and simpler to add the new
   >    > | year to all files in the package, and be done with it for
   >    > | the rest of the year.
   >
   >    *puke*
   >
   > I am hoping it is self inflicted vomiting, because this makes our
   > life simpler. *gives a broom to Jeff so he can clean up his mess*

   While it makes it simpler, it does mean that there's almost no
   point in having those headers at all.  It's tempting to just make a
   CVS keyword that expands to the list.

That wouldn't work, a CVS keyword is local to each file.  I sure
wouldn't want CVS to go about updating hundreds of files just because
it feels like it.  I think the GDB people have such emacs hack for it
to update all the files.