On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/5/11 1:17 PM, Paul Benedict wrote: > > I thought I sent this link previously, but I can no longer such an email: > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jakarta-jmeter-dev/200402.mbox/%3c4039f65e.7020...@atg.com%3E > > > > Does anyone have thoughts on this? This is the rule I thought Apache was > > following across the board, which is to remove @author tags so that > > contributors have better protection. > > The board never said we needed to or should *remove* them, they just > said usage was "discouraged." Since the time of that note, we have > not added any, to my knowledge, in Commons. The problem is what to > do with those that pre-date the change in ASF "policy." Seems the > right thing to do is to ask people if they are OK having their tags > removed. That is a PITA because many are long gone. So many have > remained in the older component sources. > This is misleading to someone new looking at the source: all I see are the names of people no one can find or who insist to keep their names in there regardless of merit? That does not make sense. If we remove/change, do it, we do not need permission to remove names from @author tags. Gary > > Phil > > I am not aware the policy changed. If so, please let me know. > > > > Paul > > > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Henri Yandell <flame...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> If anyone wants their @author tag put back into Lang, then please feel > >> free to do so; or if you don't have commit access send me an email and > >> I'll gladly do it. > >> > >> Hen > >> > >> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> > wrote: > >>> I guess I'll never understand the hate for this tag. If you don't like > >> it, > >>> don't use it. But please don't remove the name of other developers > >> without > >>> their consent. > >>> > >>> Emmanuel Bourg > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >>> > >>> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >> > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- Thank you, Gary http://garygregory.wordpress.com/ http://garygregory.com/ http://people.apache.org/~ggregory/ http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
