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Re: @author tags

by Christian grobmeier :: Rate this Message:

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On May 25, 2012 10:18 PM, "ceki" <ceki@...> wrote:
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> On 25.05.2012 19:42, Gary Gregory wrote:
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>> Over in Commons-lang we've been following the Apache guideline to avoid
>> @author tags, these grow quickly to long and stale lists. The POM can be
>> used to track who contributes, all in one place. I propose to remove
>> @author tags here as well (1.x has these tags, I am not sure about 2.0).
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> This has been proposed several times in the past and rejected each time.

Well i would be +1 to such a change. But given the fact that many or some of the main authors are against it i think it is impossible to get a consens. Now as log4j is in maintenance mode i doubt it is worth to contact every and if we can remove the tag.

Ceki do i remember right that you would be -1?

Cheers
Christian

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