[openstack-dev] Usage of @author tags in the header of Python files

David Lyle dklyle0 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 8 17:15:31 UTC 2014


I don't see any need nor benefit from the tags. We should remove them if
convenient.

David
On Oct 8, 2014 3:02 AM, "Duncan Thomas" <duncan.thomas at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8 October 2014 10:39, Ihar Hrachyshka <ihrachys at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On 08/10/14 09:30, Christian Berendt wrote:
> >> After proposing a change to Horizon to remove the @author tags from
> >> the header of Python files
> >> (https://review.openstack.org/#/c/126656/) Matthias Runge proposed
> >> to discuss this first on the mailing list.
> >>
> >> Is it necessary to track the authorship of a file inside the file
> >> using @author tags?
> >
> > Git is a lot better in attributing authorship, so for me, @author tags
> > are just a waste of precious disk bytes and cpu cycles.
>
> The tags also make people worried about changing 'somebody else's
> thing', are difficult to make meaningful over time (how much of a
> function do you need to change to claim authorship of it) and
> generally give no significant benefit. While I don't currently work on
> Horizon, I vote for scrapping them and putting a hacking check in to
> keep them out.
>
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