FYI: Craig is fine with having his authors tags removed from BeanUtils (and any other Apache source code)
I'll make the necessary changes this weekend. 2013/3/6 Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > Strictly speaking, you do not need his permission AFAIK. IOW, don't > > bother > > > sending ME an email to tell me you'll moving my @author to pom.xml ;) > > > > Out of interest, are you sure there is no permission needed? I am > > thinking on another project where the author likes to keep the @author > > tags. > > > > I know we've had this discussion many times over in the past. IIRC, the > upshot is that the ASF recommends not using them but that it is up to each > project to manage itself on the issue. > > Gary > > > > > (for the record: i am all for removing them) > > Cheers > > > > > Gary > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:50 AM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Thanks for your comments. I have create BEANUTILS-431 [1]. Since Craig > > >> McClanahan doesn't seem to follow the ML I will contact him directly > to > > be > > >> sure he is okay with this change. > > >> > > >> Benedikt > > >> > > >> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEANUTILS-431 > > >> > > >> > > >> 2013/3/5 Romain Manni-Bucau <rmannibu...@gmail.com> > > >> > > >> > Hi > > >> > > > >> > FYI it seems @author is discouraged: > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jakarta-jmeter-dev/200402.mbox/%3c4039f65e.7020...@atg.com%3E > > >> > Le 5 mars 2013 22:46, "Niall Pemberton" <niall.pember...@gmail.com> > a > > >> > écrit : > > >> > > > >> > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Benedikt Ritter < > > brit...@apache.org> > > >> > > wrote: > > >> > > > Hi, > > >> > > > > > >> > > > @author tags are no longer used, because authors are documented > in > > >> > > pom.xml. > > >> > > > I don't know the history of BeanUtils so I'm asking if there are > > any > > >> > > > arguments against moving authors from source code files to > > pom.xml. > > >> > > > I will wait for 72 hours before I create a JIRA issue for this > > >> change. > > >> > > > > >> > > I believe I removed any of my @author tags a couple of years ago - > > but > > >> > > if I missed any, feel free to remove. Craig McClanahan is author > on > > >> > > alot of BeanUtils - he hasn't been around in a long time, but I > > would > > >> > > take the following post he wrote regarding pool that he doesn't > mind > > >> > > them being removed: > > >> > > http://markmail.org/message/7ttwf56tfy4jbexs > > >> > > > > >> > > In case you're interested, the lastest discussion I could find on > > this > > >> is > > >> > > here: > > >> > > http://markmail.org/message/ldexerq46xvwxdkh > > >> > > > > >> > > Niall > > >> > > > > >> > > > Regards, > > >> > > > Benedikt > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > -- > > >> > > > http://people.apache.org/~britter/ > > >> > > > http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ > > >> > > > http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter > > >> > > > http://github.com/britter > > >> > > > > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > >> > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> http://people.apache.org/~britter/ > > >> http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ > > >> http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter > > >> http://github.com/britter > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > > > JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: <http://goog_1249600977>http://bit.ly/ECvg0 > > > Spring Batch in Action: <http://s.apache.org/HOq>http://bit.ly/bqpbCK > > > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > > > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > > > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > > > > > > > -- > > http://www.grobmeier.de > > https://www.timeandbill.de > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: <http://goog_1249600977>http://bit.ly/ECvg0 > Spring Batch in Action: <http://s.apache.org/HOq>http://bit.ly/bqpbCK > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > -- http://people.apache.org/~britter/ http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter http://github.com/britter
