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| author | Chris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org> | 2007-12-29 19:56:08 +0000 |
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| committer | Chris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org> | 2007-12-29 19:56:08 +0000 |
| commit | ab2b10c3a998d11756c144d7c961cbb19dd83288 (patch) | |
| tree | 19cb30651148c73b2127e198c5011a1270d5fbd0 /docs/DeveloperPolicy.html | |
| parent | a5e90d7b7467f299264535571943ac993ebd80af (diff) | |
Don't attribute in file headers anymore. See llvmdev for the
discussion of this change.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@45409 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/DeveloperPolicy.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/DeveloperPolicy.html | 28 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html b/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html index 883509b4ff..18c1ff34ac 100644 --- a/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html +++ b/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html @@ -417,28 +417,12 @@ Changes</a></div> <div class="doc_text"> <p>We believe in correct attribution of contributions to their contributors. However, we do not want the source code to be littered - with random attributions (this is noisy/distracting and revision control - keeps a perfect history of this anyway). As such, we follow these rules:</p> - <ol> - <li>Developers who originate new files in LLVM should place their name at - the top of the file per the - <a href="CodingStandards.html#scf_commenting">Coding Standards</a>.</li> - <li>There should be only one name at the top of the file and it should be - the person who created the file.</li> - <li>Placing your name in the file does not imply <a - href="#clp">copyright</a>: it is only used to attribute the file to - its original author.</li> - <li>Developers should be aware that after some time has passed, the name at - the top of a file may become meaningless as maintenance/ownership of files - changes. Despite this, once set, the attribution of a file never changes. - Revision control keeps an accurate history of contributions.</li> - <li>Developers should maintain their entry in the - <a href="http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/CREDITS.TXT">CREDITS.txt</a> - file to summarize their contributions.</li> - <li>Commit comments should contain correct attribution of the person who - submitted the patch if that person is not the committer (i.e. when a - developer with commit privileges commits a patch for someone else).</li> - </ol> + with random attributions "this code written by J Random Guy" (this is noisy + and distracting. In practice, the revision control system keeps a perfect + history of who change what, and the CREDITS.txt file describes higher-level + contributions.</p> + + <p>Overall, please do not add contributor names to the source base.</p> </div> |