On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Ganesh <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd like to keep the @author tags. Isn't the spirit of the meritocracy > involved with making authors visible?
Actually not... There are a ton of discussions on this in the archives. Fact: there is no code ownership... > Shouldn't personal merit for a project > be made visible in the code? I think it's great to see Manfred Geiler as the > orginal author of most MyFaces parts. Many people download the source code > without connecting to SVN, so SVN information may be unsufficient, also > repackaging would delete original authorship. > > Matthias Wessendorf schrieb: >> >> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Michael Kurz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I would also get rid of the author tags too. I guess that in many cases >>> they >>> are not correct anyway as files are constantly changed. >> >> exactly, and still svn (blame) knows everything... Original committer >> and who introduced all the bugs ;-) >> >>> Michael >>> >>> Am 11.08.2010 08:22, schrieb Matthias Wessendorf: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Bernd Bohmann >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> why we need the @author tag? >>>>> I don't like code owner ship. >>>> >>>> well, some do. I am fine without. In fact a lot of Apache project do so, >>>> since >>>> there is no "code-ownership". SVN has still all the information >>>> >>>>> Does your request mean we don't allow the svn:keywords=Date Author Id >>>>> Revision HeadURL >>>>> in the Subversion config file? >>>> >>>> I am sure the talk is *only* inside the Java files, and not removing >>>> the metadata of the file. >>>> >>>> -M >>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Bernd >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Jan-Kees van Andel >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Sure. For example, take a look >>>>>> at: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/myfaces/core/trunk/api/src/main/java/javax/faces/FacesException.java >>>>>> If we remove the SVN stuff, we'll end up with this JavaDoc comment: >>>>>> /** >>>>>> * see Javadoc of<a >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> href="http://java.sun.com/javaee/javaserverfaces/1.2/docs/api/index.html";>JSF >>>>>> Specification</a> >>>>>> * >>>>>> * @author Manfred Geiler >>>>>> */ >>>>>> >>>>>> Or for >>>>>> example: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/myfaces/core/trunk/api/src/main/java/javax/faces/application/Application.java >>>>>> This would become: >>>>>> /** >>>>>> * ..... >>>>>> * >>>>>> * @author Manfred Geiler >>>>>> * @author Stan Silvert >>>>>> */ >>>>>> >>>>>> One last example, a class added in >>>>>> 2.0: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/myfaces/core/trunk/api/src/main/java/javax/faces/application/ResourceHandler.java >>>>>> Which would end up like: >>>>>> /** >>>>>> * @author Simon Lessard >>>>>> * @since 2.0 >>>>>> */ >>>>>> >>>>>> What do you think? >>>>>> BTW. I'm thinking of the best way to do this. I guess the best bet is >>>>>> to >>>>>> do a massive find-replace on one project at a time. Generating a patch >>>>>> file >>>>>> would be a nice way to check for possible errors... >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Jan-Kees >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 2010/8/10 Leonardo Uribe<[email protected]> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Could you provide an explicit example about how the header of java >>>>>>> files >>>>>>> should be? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> best regards, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Leonardo >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >> > > -- > "There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two > kinds of people and those who don't." > — Robert Benchley > -- Matthias Wessendorf blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
