Re: @author tags

[Michael McGrady]

The tags clearly are not "ownership" oriented.  That is why they have dates 
and what was done.

At 01:29 AM 3/11/2004, you wrote:
That's exactly the problem:
"not necessarily who edited the file last, but the owner"
There are people who see a chance to contribute an
enhancement or bug fix. We'd like to have them listed
as someone who contributed, but *without* the
responsibility of being the owner of the code.
cheers,
  Roland




"Chris Lamprecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
11.03.2004 09:54
Please respond to "Commons HttpClient Project"
        To:     "Commons HttpClient Project"
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        cc:
        Subject:        Re: @author tags
I'm currently reading _The Pragmatic Programmer_, and I just came across
the
following in a section entitled "Comments in Code" on page 250:
"One of the most important pieces of information that should appear in the
source file is the author's name -- not necessarily who edited the file
last, but the owner.  Attaching responsibility and accountability to
source
code does wonders in keeping people honest ..."


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