[SHIRO-168] Remove all @Author tags

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.1.0
• Component/s: Documentation
• Assignee: Kalle Korhonen
• Reporter: Kalle Korhonen
• Created: 21/May/10 16:45
• Updated: 05/May/11 20:14
• Resolved: 30/May/10 08:51

Description

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Alan D. Cabrera <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Usually, Apache projects don't have author tags. I actually can't recall any project that does. There's a number of good reasons for this.
> - the people who worked on a file can easily be discovered via the SCM system
> - after a while others may modify the file and then the list becomes a bit confusing
> - removing individual author tags strengthens the code's affinity to the community
> A good tag might be
> @author The Apache Shiro Project ([e-mail])
> Up to you guys but I think they should be removed. Just my 2 cents.

Easier to make sure they don't exist at all than use a common tag.

Issue Links

• relates to: SHIRO-169 Change all @author tags to be 'The Apache Shiro Project'