Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > Please, don't do a patch. > > To make this clear, I'm -1 any massive patch for this. > > I am very +1 any small perl script that solves the problem, that can be > applied by anyone.
Is the perl script referenced in the policy doc no good? Regards, Tim > On Sep 21, 2006, at 1:05 PM, Alexey Petrenko wrote: > >> I've done the similar task for Apache Yoko project some time ago. I >> removed original IONA copyright notices and replace them with Apache >> one. >> >> I've used simple command line expression based on the knowledge of >> copyright notice size. >> >> I can do the same thing for Harmony but the patch will be big... :) >> >> SY, Alexey >> >> 2006/9/21, Geir Magnusson Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> The ASF has changed it's copyright notice policy for source files. >>> The policy is noted here : >>> >>> http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html >>> >>> Any release after Nov 1, 2006 must conform to this policy. Since we >>> aren't near a release yet, we have plenty of time, but we should do >>> this sooner than later. >>> >>> First and foremost, any new contributions should follow the policy. >>> >>> Second, we should decide how we want to proceed. It's clear to me >>> that we're not going to naturally touch all the files over time in >>> any reasonable amount of time, so we can't just do it over time as we >>> work on the code. >>> >>> The best solution is a script that can be run on an arbitrary source >>> tree, so that developers can do this on a package by package basis >>> (or the whole thing at once, although it seems package by package >>> over time by all the committers seems to be a good way to farm out >>> the work. :) >>> >>> I think that patches are a bad idea for this since the script is >>> neater and re-usable for other projects as well. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> geir >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> >> --Alexey A. Petrenko >> Intel Middleware Products Division >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Java technology centre, UK. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
