Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-geronimo-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 79792 invoked from network); 24 Nov 2003 17:02:50 -0000 Received: from daedalus.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (208.185.179.12) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 24 Nov 2003 17:02:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 28917 invoked by uid 500); 24 Nov 2003 17:02:13 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-geronimo-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 28843 invoked by uid 500); 24 Nov 2003 17:02:12 -0000 Mailing-List: contact geronimo-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Reply-To: geronimo-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list geronimo-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 28803 invoked from network); 24 Nov 2003 17:02:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO skutsje.san.webweaving.org) (209.132.96.45) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 24 Nov 2003 17:02:12 -0000 Received: from skutsje.san.webweaving.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by skutsje.san.webweaving.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAOH0LA2056899 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:00:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dirkx@webweaving.org) Received: from localhost (dirkx@localhost) by skutsje.san.webweaving.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) with ESMTP id hAOH0LZ3056894 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:00:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dirkx@webweaving.org) X-Authentication-Warning: skutsje.san.webweaving.org: dirkx owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:00:21 -0800 (PST) From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik X-X-Sender: dirkx@skutsje.san.webweaving.org To: geronimo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: Geronimo code provenance accounting In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20031124085824.D49478@skutsje.san.webweaving.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N > > I like the mandatory comment - it would be easy to police, all changes > > to such data would be versioned, it could be javadoc-ed, etc... > Why not put it in the comments in the header of the file? In order of preference; Header of the files, in the CVS commit record, in a small separate file in a directory, in a file elsewhere. Note that you will also see such notices elsewhere; and sometimes it is _also_ used as a nice 'thank you' to the original source. Dw