My new pet peeve - final

[Gary Wheeler]

Chris Maunder wrote:

This is why documents need source control

Been there, done that, got the revision history to prove it. My sub-peeve to your pet-peeve: People who include the revision number in the document filename. I have one document in source control "MSEM_Interface_121.docx", "MSEM_Interface_122.docx", ..., "MSEM_Interface_137.docx" :doh:.

Software Zen: delete this;

[Gary Wheeler]

Do you really want to let a marketing schmuck edit a wiki?

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[Gary Wheeler]

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

Aside: File versioning came standard with my first OS (VAX/VMS, circa 1980)

PURGE *.* /KEEP=3

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[Bassam Abdul Baki]

So use a version number before Final in the name to imply it's baselined. Then increment the version number before finalizing and always remove Final while it's a work in progress. document_1.0.doc document_1.1.doc document_2.0_Final.doc document_2.1.doc document_2.2.doc document_2.3.doc document_3.0_Final.doc

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[loctrice]

We have that here as well. The one that gets me is calling something (everything) "Master".

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[Ravi Bhavnani]

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        Welcome to VAX/VMS 3.1.

Your last login was Mon 14-Jul-2014 07:24:08 AM.

/ravi

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[Gary Wheeler]

Your attempt to put me into a state of maudlin sentimentality has succeeded, Ravi. Well played :-D. My last experience with a VAX was on a MicroVAX-II back in the late 80's. I worked for a defense contractor at the time. We developed simulations in FORTRAN and Ada. I also used the machine when I was taking graduate artificial intelligence classes. I *cough* borrowed *cough* a friend's C compiler and ported XLISP[^] from the IBM PC to the VAX.

Software Zen: delete this;

[Ravi Bhavnani]

Looks like we've walked similar paths. :) I met my first VAX in 1980 at school, and later in 1987 when I joined DEC's AI group.  There we used a bit of VAX Lisp, but mostly DEC OPS5 to build XCON[^]. /ravi

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[Gary Wheeler]

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

There we used a bit of VAX Lisp, but mostly DEC OPS5 to build XCON

We talked about XCON in my AI classes. The opinion was that is was one of the first (if not the first) genuinely useful commercial AI applications. I seem to remember the professor saying there was a sign at DEC that said "Last year I couldn't even spell 'knowledge engineer', and now I R1." :cool:

Software Zen: delete this;

[Ravi Bhavnani]

Ha ha ha!  That was a quote from my boss, John (McDermott): "Three years ago I wanted to be a knowledge engineer, and today I are one." Throwback Tuesday[^] :) /ravi

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[Gary Wheeler]

Awesome. Think the youngsters are annoyed at the old farts and their war stories yet?

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[Ravi Bhavnani]

You're right. ^Z. :) /ravi

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[d shapiro]

Is it safe to say that this is your... final pet peeve?

[Lilith C]

I prefer to label mine with "Latest" since I don't know if it will be "final."

I'm not a programmer but I play one at the office

[sam silvercreek]

Which one is the final document? It must be the one named: document - REALLY FINAL - and we mean it this time.doc

[Glenn E Lanier II]

Simple: Newer. Next update: Newest Final update: Newester

[User 10798400]

For most documents I create and work on I name them like this: document.YYYY.MM.DD.docx Then I move older copies to a subfolder called archive. This has saved my bacon more than once. They also sort out quite nicely in windows explorer. I gave up long ago calling them final or rev 1 or rev 2, until actually officially released. I work in an engineering firm, and we do have an official document repository. When it's placed there it really is a certain version. then I can name my working file to correspond to the "publishe" official version.

Mike

[Mark_Wallace]

I've been known to produce documents like that, but I use a script that renames the files when a new version is added.

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[Chris Maunder]

Works perfectly if only one person is working on a document. Breaks down dangerously when two people are working on the same document. Which one is actually the final version and which one was merely saved last?

cheers Chris Maunder

[Bruce Patin]

I always add a letter to the date, starting with "a", so I don't have to deal with the time.