Import best practice [WAS Re: svn commit: r636144 [2/7] ]

[Robert Burrell Donkin <ro...@blueyonder.co.uk>]

On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 14:00 -0700, Craig L Russell wrote:
> Hi Robert,
> 
> On Mar 12, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 18:17 -0700, Craig L Russell wrote:
> >> Ouch.
> >>
> >> The license headers are obsolete. Didn't you run RAT on these before
> >> checking them in? ;-)
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > it was intention. i've always imported then fixed so that the record  
> > of
> > the changes is present in the version control. i'm not sure whether  
> > the
> > consensus is that this is best practice or not.
> 
> Cool. When I imported the JDO stuff from Sun awhile back, I added the  
> license before checking the files into the Apache repo, so I guess  
> best practice is undocumented.

IIRC there have been a few different theories. the original source
covered by the agreement should be a matter of open record. source in
apache repositories should have the right headers.

JIRA gives an open record so can serve the first purpose. 

> > i'll post something on general and then write up the results...
> >
> Might be a good topic for the incubator guides...
>
> Assuming that there is consensus, of course.

even if there isn't consensus, it's useful to establish the pros and
cons.

- robert