+1 More accurately, the information is still maintained in source control.
Do you feel lucky? Do ya....? find . -name '*.java' -type f | xargs perl -n -i -e 'print unless m!^\s*\*\s*@author!' On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Mark Bretl <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > --Mark > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Jianxia Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:52 PM, William Markito <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > +1 > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > On Feb 17, 2016, at 1:44 PM, Kenneth Howe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > >> On Feb 17, 2016, at 1:35 PM, Anthony Baker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> +1 > > > >> > > > >> The ASF policy is well known [1] and I think @author information is > no > > > longer helpful in any case. > > > >> > > > >> Anthony > > > >> > > > >> [1] > > > > > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2004/board_minutes_2004_02_18.txt > > > >> > > > >>> On Feb 17, 2016, at 1:29 PM, Sai Boorlagadda < > > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> In preparation towards graduation I am planning to remove author > tags > > > from > > > >>> all source files. > > > >>> > > > >>> GEODE-52 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEODE-52>, has > some > > > >>> discussions whether we should or shouldn`t remove them. > > > >>> > > > >>> I would like to restart the discussion and get a fresh consensus > from > > > the > > > >>> community. > > > >>> > > > >>> Find below some of the reasons why ASF is against the author tags: > > > >>> > > > >>> - Attributions in source files are not up to date. > > > >>> - Software is a team effort. > > > >>> - ASF sells the code base as an ASF brand. > > > >>> - Shield against law-suits. > > > >>> > > > >>> -- > > > >>> Sai Boorlagadda > > > > > > > > > >
