On 5 February 2016 at 00:14, Roman Shaposhnik <r...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi! > > a podling recently asked me why: > https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/relicense/ > https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/tools/copy2license.pl > are only available to commiters. I see > no reason why, but of course I'm appreciative > of the warning here: > https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/README > > Two questions: > 1. Is there any disagreement that making this tool publically > available would be a 'good thing' ?
Yes, there are caveats: - as I recall, the tools are not perfect, and have not seen any recent development. - is it safe to automate the update of license headers? This is generally something that needs to be addressed file by file. > 2. Who should bless the svn mv if we all agree? > > Thanks, > Roman.
