Format for JDK 6/7 changeset comments?

Mark Reinhold mr at sun.com
Thu Nov 8 18:48:54 UTC 2007


> Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:36:01 -0800
> From: andreas.sterbenz at sun.com

> Mark Reinhold wrote:
>> I disagree with you about where reviewers should be acknowledged.
>> 
>> Reviewing code is tantamount to authorship.  From one of our internal
>> guideline documents (which is already in the process of being cleaned
>> up for external use):
> 
> That's fine. And the names of the reviewers should be stored in the bug
> database, along with all the other information about the fix. Do you agree
> with that?

No.  Authorship information should go with the code.

- Mark



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