Gotcha. It will be simple though since we're completely removing them - shouldn't take more than 30 min at most. We can sneak that in whenever.
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Alan D. Cabrera <[email protected]> wrote: > Or even 1.x. This is a graduation issue not a release issue. > > Take your time. > > > Regards, > Alan > > On May 21, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Les Hazlewood wrote: > >> I agree that these should be removed. I have seen Craig McClanahan's >> name in @author tags in Tomcat and other projects, so I know they >> exist elsewhere, but I definitely agree with you. Can we add this as >> a Jira issue for 1.0.1? >> >> My personal hope is to not delay the release for any reason other than >> due to a mandatory requirement. >> >> 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 >>> >>> > >
