Re: svn commit: r920543 - in /commons/proper/lang/trunk/src: main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/

[sebb <se...@gmail.com>]

On 08/03/2010, ggregory@apache.org <gg...@apache.org> wrote:
> Author: ggregory
>  Date: Mon Mar  8 22:15:08 2010
>  New Revision: 920543
>
>  URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=920543&view=rev
>  Log:
>  Change StringUtils arguments from String to CharSequence.
>
>  + *
>  + * @author Gary Gregory
>  + */

Per http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2004/board_minutes_2004_09_22.txt

"Recommend strongly that @author is avoided; but leave it to each PMC
to make the final call with their respective communities"

I can't see the point of them myself, as the tags don't seem to be
kept uptodate, and anyway, if they were accurate, some files would
have rather a lot...

IMO, the <committers> section of the pom is the place to add contributors.

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