I think we shouldn't dictate right now, how to deal with those conflicting situations. Is it very likely to occur ? If it's not strictly necessary to make the choice now, I think we should let it free.
But if anyone else on the list has a good reason to choose for an all-on or all-off, please speak up. regards, Harry 2008/3/31, Janne Jalkanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Then what do we do with new people if some of them insist to have the > @author tag and some don't? > > > /Janne > > > On 31 Mar 2008, at 19:58, Harry Metske wrote: > > Although I'm not a committer I'd like to comment : > > I think both of you are right, there is code that is submitted > > initially > > fairly complete, and is not patched much afterwards, and if it is > > patched, > > it is only small bug fixes. In those cases you would want to keep the > > @author tags. > > > > On the other hand there is code that is initially submitted as a > > simple > > first prototype, and is afterwards greatly enhance by others. In > > those cases > > you should remove the @author tags. > > > > If it is not exactly mandated by ASF how to deal with, let everyone > > decide > > for himself how to handle it, and you don't have to handle every > > piece of > > code the same, for some pieces keep your @author tag, for others > > remove them > > ? > > > > How about that, everybody happy ? > > > > regards, > > Harry > > > > 2008/3/31, Janne Jalkanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >>>> Case in point: The author of LuceneSearchProvider has not > >>>> contributed anything in what, two years? Yet he still stands in > >>>> as the @author. Would you go to him to ask for help, or should > >>>> you go to the mailing list? > >>> > >>> I'd ask the list, but I would likewise *know* that the author hasn't > >>> been seen for two years, information that would be lost if the > >>> tag had > >>> been removed. > >> > >> > >> The @author tag does not encode that information. Therefore, nothing > >> would be lost, if it were removed (and it might probably be a good > >> idea to remove it at that stage). > >> > >> The code should really stand on its own legs. > >> > >> > >>> You're saying you have your name on code you don't understand? > >> > >> > >> Yes. Other people have modified code for which I am still the > >> @author, and I can't really claim that I know what that code does > >> anymore... And I'm pretty sure I have modified a lot of the code > >> that other people claim to be @author of, and they no longer have any > >> idea what is going on. > >> > >> That's how it goes with projects that have been running for nearly > >> seven years now. > >> > >> > >> /Janne > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > met vriendelijke groet, > > Harry Metske > > Telnr. +31-548-512395 > > Mobile +31-6-51898081 > > -- met vriendelijke groet, Harry Metske Telnr. +31-548-512395 Mobile +31-6-51898081
