I'm not on the board, but I'm aware of two issues: 1) The ASF board has concerns over the legal ramifications of @author tags in code. IE it might be possible for someone to sue someone listed as an @author.
2) The tags have caused social issues in some projects (conflicts between people) which has not happened on HttpClient. -jsd Michael McGrady wrote: > Can someone tell me in a word or two WHY this change is important? What > is the problem that needs to be fixed? > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]