The <author> tag should probably fall under the same treatment as @author
tags: discouraged.

Gary


On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Bernd Eckenfels <e...@zusammenkunft.net>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> in [VFS] (but I guess the question is broader) I see an <author> tag in
> the changes.xml. However most of the recent changes (as well as the
> entries) to that file are from different persons. What is the best way
> here? I feel uneasy to write a text which is attributed (possibly
> unknowingly) to some other person.
>
> Remove the tag (as this is a collaboratively edited document), keep
> the author as the (probable) creator? Change it to the PMC or devlist or
> change it to the active commiters of the last/current release?
>
> Gruss
> Bernd
>
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