I tend to agree with Dave, Craig and Janne. Anyone else good arguments or experiences ? Should we vote ?
If it is common practice in many other (ASF) projects, I think we should do the same. Harry 2008/3/31, Dave Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > IMHO, if the rest of Apache projects don't use the author tags (whether it > is enforced or not), then for consistency we shouldn't either. It would be > confusing to new folks. > > Additionally, (again opinion) an open source project should not be tied to > individuals, so I agree with Janne that questions should go to the lists. > If > someone who has knowledge is still active then they can respond. If the > author / knowledgeable person is no longer active, then the absence of a > response might be informative to the wider community. > > Dave > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Harry Metske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I think we shouldn't dictate right now, how to deal with those > conflicting > > situations. > > Is it very likely to occur ? > > If it's not strictly necessary to make the choice now, I think we should > > let > > it free. > > > > But if anyone else on the list has a good reason to choose for an all-on > > or > > all-off, please speak up. > > > > regards, > > Harry > > > > 2008/3/31, Janne Jalkanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > Then what do we do with new people if some of them insist to have the > > > @author tag and some don't? > > > > > > > > > /Janne > > > > > > > > > On 31 Mar 2008, at 19:58, Harry Metske wrote: > > > > Although I'm not a committer I'd like to comment : > > > > I think both of you are right, there is code that is submitted > > > > initially > > > > fairly complete, and is not patched much afterwards, and if it is > > > > patched, > > > > it is only small bug fixes. In those cases you would want to keep > the > > > > @author tags. > > > > > > > > On the other hand there is code that is initially submitted as a > > > > simple > > > > first prototype, and is afterwards greatly enhance by others. In > > > > those cases > > > > you should remove the @author tags. > > > > > > > > If it is not exactly mandated by ASF how to deal with, let everyone > > > > decide > > > > for himself how to handle it, and you don't have to handle every > > > > piece of > > > > code the same, for some pieces keep your @author tag, for others > > > > remove them > > > > ? > > > > > > > > How about that, everybody happy ? > > > > > > > > regards, > > > > Harry > > > > > > > > 2008/3/31, Janne Jalkanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> > > > >>>> Case in point: The author of LuceneSearchProvider has not > > > >>>> contributed anything in what, two years? Yet he still stands in > > > >>>> as the @author. Would you go to him to ask for help, or should > > > >>>> you go to the mailing list? > > > >>> > > > >>> I'd ask the list, but I would likewise *know* that the author > hasn't > > > >>> been seen for two years, information that would be lost if the > > > >>> tag had > > > >>> been removed. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> The @author tag does not encode that information. Therefore, > nothing > > > >> would be lost, if it were removed (and it might probably be a good > > > >> idea to remove it at that stage). > > > >> > > > >> The code should really stand on its own legs. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>> You're saying you have your name on code you don't understand? > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Yes. Other people have modified code for which I am still the > > > >> @author, and I can't really claim that I know what that code does > > > >> anymore... And I'm pretty sure I have modified a lot of the code > > > >> that other people claim to be @author of, and they no longer have > any > > > >> idea what is going on. > > > >> > > > >> That's how it goes with projects that have been running for nearly > > > >> seven years now. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> /Janne > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > met vriendelijke groet, > > > > Harry Metske > > > > Telnr. +31-548-512395 > > > > Mobile +31-6-51898081 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > met vriendelijke groet, > > Harry Metske > > Telnr. +31-548-512395 > > Mobile +31-6-51898081 > > > > > > > -- > Dave Wolf > H: 303-377-9537 > M: 303-956-9106 > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsMumUEPMCY Donate to VoteVets > > "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that > matter." > --Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. > -- met vriendelijke groet, Harry Metske Telnr. +31-548-512395 Mobile +31-6-51898081
