Re: cvs commit: incubator-site/src/documentation/content/xdocs/drafts voting.xml

["B. W. Fitzpatrick" <fi...@red-bean.com>]

coar@apache.org writes:
> coar        2002/11/06 04:48:15
> 
>   Modified:    src/documentation/content/xdocs/drafts voting.xml
>   Log:
>   	add some thoughts from costin and aaron.  TODO: add their names
>   	to the authors list.

I'd like to stop this 'authors' business before it gets started.  I
think that we should treat authors names the same way that they are
treated in, for example, the APR codebase.  That is, your name is
mentioned in the commit message if someone else commits something from
you, and if you commit it yourself, then your username is there.

I will be glad to call a vote for this if there's widespread
disagreement.

-Fitz

Re: cvs commit: incubator-site/src/documentation/content/xdocs/drafts voting.xml

[David Shane Holden <dp...@yahoo.com>]

B. W. Fitzpatrick wrote:
> coar@apache.org writes:
> 
>>coar        2002/11/06 04:48:15
>>
>>  Modified:    src/documentation/content/xdocs/drafts voting.xml
>>  Log:
>>  	add some thoughts from costin and aaron.  TODO: add their names
>>  	to the authors list.
> 
> 
> I'd like to stop this 'authors' business before it gets started.  I
> think that we should treat authors names the same way that they are
> treated in, for example, the APR codebase.  That is, your name is
> mentioned in the commit message if someone else commits something from
> you, and if you commit it yourself, then your username is there.

+1

> 
> I will be glad to call a vote for this if there's widespread
> disagreement.
> 

Re: cvs commit: incubator-site/src/documentation/content/xdocs/drafts voting.xml

[Nicola Ken Barozzi <ni...@apache.org>]

B. W. Fitzpatrick wrote:
> coar@apache.org writes:
> 
>>coar        2002/11/06 04:48:15
>>
>>  Modified:    src/documentation/content/xdocs/drafts voting.xml
>>  Log:
>>  	add some thoughts from costin and aaron.  TODO: add their names
>>  	to the authors list.
> 
> 
> I'd like to stop this 'authors' business before it gets started.  I
> think that we should treat authors names the same way that they are
> treated in, for example, the APR codebase.  That is, your name is
> mentioned in the commit message if someone else commits something from
> you, and if you commit it yourself, then your username is there.
> 
> I will be glad to call a vote for this if there's widespread
> disagreement.

For the site, I agree that we don't add authors to the pages, except 
when there are compelling reasons to, like Peter noted.
I didn't like it myself the first thing I saw it on the main pages of 
some projects.

I'm +1 to put as an author "incubator project" with a link to the 
general list for comments-tips-feedback on the page.

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Nicola Ken Barozzi                   nicolaken@apache.org
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