+1 to remove them. Steve
> -----Original Message----- > From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: January 9, 2004 3:39 PM > To: Struts Developers List > Subject: Re: @author tags in Struts code > > > > --- Paul Sundling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If the group was interested in removing all author tags and > > consolidating all the names onto volunteer.html I would be > willing to > > make a tar of patches or whatever format is most > convenient. If you're > > interested, let me know if that would be useful and I'll > try to give you > > > > 24 hour or less tournaround time. I'd probably have to ask > for couple > > questions and then I'd submit it through bugzilla. It's in > the realm of > > busy work, but I'm very detail oriented and pretty good > with a CLI. :) > > > > I'm certainly interested and could find the time to apply > your patches. > We use cvs diff -u format for the patch files. Unless anyone > objects to > removing @author tags, go ahead and create a bugzilla > enhancement ticket > and attach your patch files to that. > > David > > > Paul Sundling > > > > David Graham wrote: > > > > >--- Paul Sundling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/index.html has > a list of > > >>contributors on the side. > > > >>http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes.html has a > > much > > >> > > >>smaller list of contributers. > > >> > > >> > > > > > >Those are just the people who contributed to that page on > the site. > > The > > >title "Contributors" is misleading. We should probably > remove those > > names > > >if we remove the @autor tags. > > > > > > > > > > > >>Then of course, there's authors in individual javadocs. I > probably > > >>wouldn't have added my author tag if there wren't already several > > >>already in the file. > > >> > > >>If you remove the author tags, maybe you could add those > to that main > > >>contributer page. That would take care of people like me > who have an > > >>author tag, but aren't listed. > > >> > > >> > > > > > >That's what I was thinking as well. > > > > > > > > > > > >>At least so far, I probably don't deserve > > >> > > >>a listing with only two very minor patches and one implemented > > >>suggestion, but it would still be nice. :) > > >> > > >>Hopefully, I'll be able to contribute more meaningfully > in the near > > >>future. > > >> > > >> > > > > > >Every person that provides a patch that's committed to the > Struts code > > or > > >docs deserves to be listed. Every contribution, no matter > how small, > > is > > >greatly appreciated! > > > > > > > > > > > >>I've attached a list of all author tags in all their 41 > permutations > > >>(other than spaces) in case you wanted to do that and remove the > > author > > >>tags. There's about 468 author tags instances if you plan > on removing > > >>them. > > >> > > >> > > > > > >Thanks for the list. It will certainly help identify people missing > > from > > >the contributors page. Even better would be to create a > patch for the > > >volunteers page that adds the missing people :-). > > > > > > > > > > > >>Paul Sundling > > >> > > >>PS you can share this with the list if you think any of > this info is > > >>helpful. > > >> > > >> > > > > > >In the future you should send comments like this directly > to struts-dev > > so > > >more people can comment and volunteer for changes. > > > > > >David > > > > > > > > > > > >>David Graham wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>--- Paul Sundling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>Now you've got me curious. Which specific page you > mean, since I've > > >>>>noticed various pages with different contributor lists? > What sort > > of > > >>>>criteria are used to figure out if someone deserves a listing? > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>I'm referring to this one: > > >>>http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/volunteers.html > > >>> > > >>>What are the others you've seen? If there are > duplicates, we should > > >>>probably combine them into one page. > > >>> > > >>>Providing a patch for code or docs qualify someone to be > listed on > > the > > >>>site. > > >>> > > >>>David > > >>> > > >>> > > >--------------------------------- > > >* @author Berin Loritsch* @author Giacomo Pati* @author Pierpaolo > > >Fumagalli* @author Stefano Mazzocchi* @author Anthony Kay* @author > > Arron > > >Bates* @author Cedric Dumoulin* @author Craig McClanahan* > @author Craig > > R. > > >McClanahan* @author David Geary* @author David Graham* > @author David > > >Wintefeldt* @author David Winterfeldt [probably the correct one]* > > @author > > >Dominique Plante* @author Don Brown* @author Don Clasen* > @author Eddie > > >Bush* @author Erik Hatcher* @author Florent Carpentier* > @author James > > >Mitchell* @author James Turner* @author Jea-noel Ribette* > @author Jeff > > >Hutchinson* @author Jimmy Larsson* @author Joe Germuska* @author > > Leonardo > > >Quijano* @author Luis Arias * @author Marius Barduta* > @author Martin > > >Cooper* @author Martin F N Cooper* @author Michael Westbay* @author > > Mike > > >Schachter* @author Niall Pemberton * @author Oleg V > Alexeev* @author > > Paul > > >Sundling* @author Ralph Schaer* @author Robert Leland* @author Rob > > Leland* > > >@author Scott Carlson* @author Steve Raeburn* @author Ted Husted > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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