Bug 80840

Summary:	Printed documents do not show any date
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	ClemensT <c.tolboom>
Component:	Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide	Assignee:	Xavier Neys (RETIRED) <neysx>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	docs-team
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description ClemensT 2005-02-05 03:14:30 UTC

I'm unable to check whether there is a newer handbook except from the date on the sitebar off the site.

But I use the printed version ;-(

Is it possible to
- add a revision number
- give the possibility to show a diff

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-02-05 03:31:45 UTC

Revision numbers are handled by CVS and have absolutely no use for users.

Version numbers (the <version> element in our xml files) don't really carry any useful information and are never (should never) be updated with changing the date at the same time.

If you want to track down revisions in CVS, you can use our viewCVS interface at
http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/
You can also subscribe to the gentoo-doc-cvs mailing list to be notifed of all commits under /doc/en/

If you're curious about version numbers, have a look at
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/overview.xml

The date should be printed indeed.
I'll take care of it.

Comment 2 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-02-05 04:43:34 UTC

Thanks for your comments.
Printable guides and full handbooks now display the date element.