When the ASF directive came down to remove all java author tags I actually did the patch that took care of it, including my own author tag. :)
At that time I actually collected all the names and added them to the volunteers page. At the time, it had all the contributers, big and small. Later that was also removed and now only a page listing the committers and PMC members remains. Anyway that's why I remember that author tags were supposed to be removed. It does say we don't use author tags even in the how to help FAQ and says if a patch is submitted with author tags, the submitter may be asked to remove them. (!) So as Ted Husted points out, this has been policy for a while. I'll submit a seperate bug report and patch to remove all author tags, including docs tonight. Since it affects lots of files, I hope the committers will act quickly or not at all. After the smoke clears on this and the other patch I already submitted to fix docs and mention using current, I'll follow up on the remaining issues I noted. Paul Sundling On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 09:59 +0000, Pilgrim, Peter wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Sundling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ==////== > > > > > First off, I see that the documentation equivalent of author tags are > > still being used. I remember there was the big thing about > > removing the > > author tags from all java code. There was even an article on the > > theinquirer.net about it: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14917 > > Anyway, let me know if those doc authors should be removed and I'll > > submit a patch. > > > > Incidentally, when I submitted a patch to the maven hosted changelog > > plugin last week, I noticed author tags. I also see author > > tags in this > > project again. Is it backsliding, or did the policy change? I could > > also do a patch removing author tags as well. > > > > Removing all of these would seem consistent with removing the previous > > contributors page. > > > > Why do you want to remove author tags from the source code base? > Have you totally absolved yourselves from developer attributions? > > ==////== > > -- > Peter Pilgrim > Operations/IT - Credit Suisse First Boston, > 10 South Colonnade, London E14 4QJ, United Kingdom > Tel: +44-(0)207-883-4497 > > > ============================================================================== > This message is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you received > this message in error please delete it and notify us. If this message was > misdirected, CSFB does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. CSFB > retains and monitors electronic communications sent through its network. > Instructions transmitted over this system are not binding on CSFB until they > are confirmed by us. Message transmission is not guaranteed to be secure. > ============================================================================== > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
