[QGIS-Developer] Removing __author__ , __date__, __copyright__ from python files?

[Nyall Dawson]

Hey list,

I'd like to propose that we remove all the __author__ , __date__ and
__copyright__ strings from the python files in our repository.

My thinking:

- This isn't an official Python style standard or universally recommended
approach. It *is* used elsewhere, but there's an equally large group which
consider it just unnecessary noise.
- It's misleading, and presents the incorrect impression that a single
person is responsible for the code in that file. That's 100% NOT the case
with QGIS.
- It's all redundant. This information is available in a MUCH more accurate
form via git history.

Are there any objections to removing this?

(For completeness: In a follow up proposal I'm going to suggest removing
ALL the "Date: / Copyright: / Email: " strings from our file headers, for
the same reasons).

Nyall
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