There are also some newer initiatives for having a list of contributors that is more prominently featured on the readme or docs, and that also includes other kinds of contributions, not just code creation (docs, design, review, funding, tutorials...).
I find the idea very appealing to recognize and empower all kinds of contributions/contributors, it would be great to make a plan to move to something similar: all-contributors <https://github.com/kentcdodds/all-contributors> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 12:30 PM Dan Garry <dga...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > I am inclined to agree with Subbu, but of course there are legal > implications. Zhou said it would be fine to move all these tags to a > centralised CREDITS file and point to that file, and that doing so wouldn't > breach the licence. He is a lawyer and is therefore qualified to make such > determinations. > > Whether moving CREDITS to a centralised file actually solves the problem, > rather than just shifting it around, is debatable. > > Dan > > On 13 June 2017 at 06:11, Subramanya Sastry <ssas...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > I noticed that core files have @author annotations. > > > > My take on this is as follows: Any active codebase (such as mediawiki) > > sees constant change and code is refactored, rewritten, renamed, files > > moved around, split up, etc. that the only meaningful interperation of > > "@author" would be someone who first created that file / function, no > > matter how small that piece of code was. At that level, it is not that > > meaningful, especially in the face of refactoring and restructuring. git > > log --follow might provide a better picture for an individual file. I > think > > all @author annotations should be removed. When editing a piece of code, > I > > imagine some developers might find it a little annoying ... and confusing > > especially during refactoring ... whether to retain it or not. > > > > I find these annotations misleading and wonder why they exist and what > > purpose they serve. Would appreciate a discussion on this. > Alternatively, I > > would appreciate if someone can point me to a wiki page / phab task / > essay > > that explains the rationale for why these annotations should exist and be > > preserved. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Subbu. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > -- > Dan Garry > Lead Product Manager, Discovery > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
