Remove 'Last revised' line from acknowledgements

HannesWell · HannesWell · commit 77f3e791a15e · 2025-11-10T19:53:08.000+01:00
It complicates the generation of acknowledgements and can lead to
changes in the git history where only that value is updated and that are
therefore mainly noise without real benefit.
Because the acknowledgements are now generated and updated regularly and
automatically as part of the release process, the value of that field is
in general questionable.

To keep the workflow simpler respectively to not complicate it more in
order to avoid updates of only this field, it's just removed.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generateAcknowledgements.yml b/.github/workflows/generateAcknowledgements.yml
@@ -208,13 +208,6 @@ jobs:
             }
             lines.splice(startMarker + 1, endMarker - (startMarker + 1), ...contributorLines)
           }
-          // Update last-revised date
-          const lastRevisedLineIndex = lines.findIndex(l => l.startsWith('Last revised: '))
-          lines[lastRevisedLineIndex] = 'Last revised: ' + new Date().toLocaleDateString("en-US", {
-            year: "numeric",
-            month: "long",
-            day: "numeric",
-          })
           fs.writeFileSync(acknowledgementsFile, lines.join('\n'), {encoding: 'utf8'})
           
           // Set adjustments as outputs in order to append them to the PR message
diff --git a/news/4.38/acknowledgements.md b/news/4.38/acknowledgements.md
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 ## Eclipse 2025-12 Acknowledgements
 
-Last revised: October 4, 2025
-
 We would also like to thank the users and adopters who support our efforts through a range of activities, including early testing, being a Friend of Eclipse, contracting special work, or outright employment.
 
 A special thanks goes to [Holger Voormann](https://github.com/howlger) for his Eclipse IDE promotion videos.
diff --git a/news/4.x-template/acknowledgements.md b/news/4.x-template/acknowledgements.md
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 ## Eclipse YYYY-MM Acknowledgements
 
-Last revised: <!-- Insert date: February 25, 2025-->
-
 We would also like to thank the users and adopters who support our efforts through a range of activities, including early testing, being a Friend of Eclipse, contracting special work, or outright employment.
 
 A special thanks goes to [Holger Voormann](https://github.com/howlger) for his Eclipse IDE promotion videos.
diff --git a/news/4.x-template/index.html b/news/4.x-template/index.html
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 <body onload="redirect()"></body>
 
-</html>
+</html>
diff --git a/news/4.x-template/jdt.html b/news/4.x-template/jdt.html
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 <body onload="redirect()"></body>
 
-</html>
+</html>
diff --git a/news/4.x-template/pde.html b/news/4.x-template/pde.html
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 <body onload="redirect()"></body>
 
-</html>
+</html>
diff --git a/news/4.x-template/platform.html b/news/4.x-template/platform.html
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 <body onload="redirect()"></body>
 
-</html>
+</html>
diff --git a/news/4.x-template/platform_isv.html b/news/4.x-template/platform_isv.html
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 <body onload="redirect()"></body>
 
-</html>
+</html>

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`@@ -208,13 +208,6 @@ jobs:`
`208`	`208`	`}`
`209`	`209`	`lines.splice(startMarker + 1, endMarker - (startMarker + 1), ...contributorLines)`
`210`	`210`	`}`
`211`		`- // Update last-revised date`
`212`		`- const lastRevisedLineIndex = lines.findIndex(l => l.startsWith('Last revised: '))`
`213`		`- lines[lastRevisedLineIndex] = 'Last revised: ' + new Date().toLocaleDateString("en-US", {`
`214`		`- year: "numeric",`
`215`		`- month: "long",`
`216`		`- day: "numeric",`
`217`		`- })`
`218`	`211`	`fs.writeFileSync(acknowledgementsFile, lines.join('\n'), {encoding: 'utf8'})`
`219`	`212`
`220`	`213`	`// Set adjustments as outputs in order to append them to the PR message`
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`@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@`
`7`	`7`
`8`	`8`	`<body onload="redirect()"></body>`
`9`	`9`
`10`		`-</html>`
	`10`	`+</html>`