[cross-project-issues-dev] Are about.ini, about.mappings and about.prope

[Ed Willink <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

While checking why a rebuild refreshed a JAR file, I discovered that an 
about.mappings file gets rewritten during a build to contain the 
build-id. This was perhaps useful 5 years ago. Has it gone obsolete? Is 
it used anywhere?

It certainly seems a shame to churn built JAR files for no very obvious 
benefit.

    Regards

        Ed Willink