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Re: [tracecompass-dev] Removing contributor list from copyright header

So to be clear, there will NOT be a patch removing everyone's name at
once (that would make a lot of noise).

But we will stop writing our names. This sounds like less work, I'm all
for it!

On 15-07-30 07:01 AM, Bernd Hufmann wrote:
> Hi Alex
>
> thanks for letting us know about the discussions and decision. I'm ok
> to not update the contributor list anymore and, for new files, not
> include it. About removing the contributor list from existing files
> actively, I'm not sure. I'd like to hear the other Trace Compass
> committers' opinion about it before going ahead with it. Let's give
> them a chance to put their comment on this email thread.
>
> /Bernd
>
> On 07/28/2015 07:21 PM, Alexandre Montplaisir wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As discussed in bug 435933 [1], it is no longer necessary to list
>> individual contributors in the source files's copyright headers.
>> Eclipse IP checks now use the git log to track contributions, so this
>> list is now effectively useless. The same information is available
>> with "git shortlog" and similar commands. It also increases patch
>> noise and can cause unwanted merge conflicts.
>>
>> CDT now recommends to not update this list anymore [2].
>>
>> What do you say we drop the contributor lists altogether? Maybe not
>> actively remove it from everywhere right now, but as we modify files
>> we can take the opportunity to remove it, and new files could come
>> with no list at all?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alex
>>
>>
>> [1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=435933
>> [2] http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/cdt-dev/msg29374.html
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