Agree - I recall I had earlier suggested removing them as well. It's simpler to just remove them all rather than have a "common author" tag.
Kalle On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Alan D. Cabrera <[email protected]> wrote: > Usually, Apache projects don't have author tags. I actually can't recall any > project that does. There's a number of good reasons for this. > > - the people who worked on a file can easily be discovered via the SCM system > - after a while others may modify the file and then the list becomes a bit > confusing > - removing individual author tags strengthens the code's affinity to the > community > > A good tag might be > > �...@author The Apache Shiro Project ([email protected]) > > Up to you guys but I think they should be removed. Just my 2 cents. > > > Regards, > Alan > >
