2008/4/9, Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > If we had been adding contributors to the POM from the beginning of > Struts, > the POM would have several hundred lines of contributor information in it > by > now.
I got your point, in fact Struts (1 and 2) is a really big and popular project, so the number of contributors is very large. If you don't like putting it into the POM, why not a simple text file as Frank W. Zammetti suggested? Moreover, we could force the contributor to check the presence of his/her name in the file and post a patch for it too (otherwise, his/her name won't appear). I promise you, it will lead to insignificant patch > submissions from people whose sole reason for submitting them is to get > their name "in lights" on the Struts web site. It seems like you already lived a situation like this :-D Anyway, if this solution is not feasible, it's not a problem. I wanted only to explain the situation from a contributor standpoint (not mine obviously :-) ). Antonio -- > > Martin Cooper > > > > > > > I haven't had time to even start catching up with the thread that > spawned > > > this one, but note that AFAIK we cannot give attribution to companies > > for > > > contributions to the project, due to the nature of the foundation. > > > > > > > > In this thread I wish to talk about individuals, not companies. > > > > Antonio > > >
