I used to share Andrea's view but, as my confidence grew, I became more comfortable seeing @author tags as historical information not an assertion of ownership.
On 23/04/16 09:24, Jody Garnett wrote: > Andrea had a very reasoned argument for not using the @author tag and > started discouraging its use. > It amounted to team ownership of the codebase empowering everyone to work > on a class, rather than slowing down to seek permission (or even worse wait > for someone else) to fix a problem. -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications Manager Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple tiers of your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z _______________________________________________ GeoTools-Devel mailing list GeoTools-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel