+1 (non-binding) for removing them. I am very thankful for code that people donate to the project. However, in team/community settings I feel ideally that code "belongs" to everyone since it is everyone's responsibility to maintain the code.
On 2/26/07, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
moved discussion to dev, since this is a *public* topic -M On 2/25/07, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi PPMC fellows, > > I'd like to plan to remove the @author tags in the code, since these > aren't a good practice. For instance, when the @author tags belong to > committers no longer active in the project so they no longer function > as a "no trespassing" sign. > > Also on a incubator based discussion, Bill pointed out: > <snip> > In general, @author tags and attributions are poison to ASF-style > collaboration, they are all about carving out niches in the code. > The ASF-style development is about tearing down niches and promoting > collaboration across an entire code base. Collaboration and ownership > are generally mutually exclusive. > </snip> > > What do you think? > I am fine w/ removing them step by step (not now, but let's file a > jira ticket, if you agree) > > Thanks, > Matthias > > -- > Matthias Wessendorf > http://tinyurl.com/fmywh > > further stuff: > blog: http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf > mail: mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com > -- Matthias Wessendorf http://tinyurl.com/fmywh further stuff: blog: http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf mail: mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com
