Thread: Re: Suggestion: Update Copyright Year to 2025 in Recently Added Files

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 12:09:23PM +0530, Shaik Mohammad Mujeeb wrote:
>> Just wanted to check - should this be updated to reflect 1996-2025 instead?

> This process is automated by src/tools/copyright.pl on a yearly-basis,
> but it is possible that holes appear when some code gets committed
> that predates the new year.

I had the idea that this was part of our pre-branch checklist,
but it was not mentioned there.  I added it.

            regards, tom lane

On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 11:34:07PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> > On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 12:09:23PM +0530, Shaik Mohammad Mujeeb wrote:
> >> Just wanted to check - should this be updated to reflect 1996-2025 instead?
> 
> > This process is automated by src/tools/copyright.pl on a yearly-basis,
> > but it is possible that holes appear when some code gets committed
> > that predates the new year.
> 
> I had the idea that this was part of our pre-branch checklist,
> but it was not mentioned there.  I added it.

I only run it in early January of each year.

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