On 2/26/07, Matt Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you are looking to see who wrote a particular line of code, you can use SVN's blame tool which will also show you see the commit description which is helpful to see even who donated the code if a committer did the check-in. I think blame is more accurate than @author since it doesn't require a human to maintain up-to-date status of who committed the lines of code.
One point I left out of my earlier comments is also relevant here -- the communication itself should really be done on the mailing list anyway (rather than a direct email to the author). That way, everyone will be able to benefit from seeing the question asked and answered. My personal policy is to redirect personal appeals for help to the appropriate user mailing list. I would encourage other developers who receive individual help requests to do the same. Craig
On 2/26/07, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > * I have not worked on them for four years (but I still get >20 personal > > emails for Tomcat help every week). > > :-) > > but to be serious, here is something that Ted brought up on the same > discussion, which I also started over in MyFaces land > > <snip> > As to why, Greg Stein sums it up well here: > > * http://tinyurl.com/mw7t6 > > This issues has been discussed at length on the board and member > lists, and the ASF does prefer that our code be free of author tags, > but we leave the final determination to the individual PMCs. > </snip> >
