From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0AE5A00C2; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 17:51:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8345E42DCA; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 17:51:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pg1-f180.google.com (mail-pg1-f180.google.com [209.85.215.180]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02E2842DBF for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 17:51:55 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pg1-f180.google.com with SMTP id f9so1962001pgf.7 for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 08:51:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=2eeGJHeHPXup5ACqFQ9/k0colLoju9n3IEOIrDMQIzY=; b=1UdX0XLf2enRKKsD3Yw9XAqGxhrQ2SvBQ5fp2vdHsdP9elCd7d5S6x+hTOQI3sPB16 GvyY3oIVrSMTLTrmOK9wu5D1wb7dKQDuvC3Fe57RY0lKdOW6Kd2WKfuAm+JZ57WYlkvJ Qr4SDBnuxtRf7LNpT5nbI0ju7kUeTlc3q0cHf+DaEUbORVN96c/diqTGOt7wrGiecL7E xvuV+JhR3U2Km0q9WtHljGGuIQ9eRZHGSxfEF6hjtVPnb84rlobIrIZtoYIYkbY6h5mP gXeQTzVBzAcjROplMiiiu5Y59B49+/0w1obRn4s40i5M9HKvVMBSrfJYz+IJvFlShES6 qCAQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=2eeGJHeHPXup5ACqFQ9/k0colLoju9n3IEOIrDMQIzY=; b=T8u0WJB+UcRX5GkwmJ76sjXOnp8yyRhFUal+cmTbUbVuLCh79+fb74D4Mdz/a66drP Oy8QV26+sLMZpZTWutQhq7rNa9E+lOsfhOF0duDhHVN2GZ6i3a/UUgJsU81r/oP1B2eI IGwtFcHXID75/YyEamW7QCwF4KdzzwzIge7BcHVDFIVyp9IITuG7K9J/nOA0q3F1eeuh +y5yrt6bwAqhMKrEKtiEfgaXVI1drVulp0ng1Jko/JQUkY5PwsyvYkq8n4KDd6AuCVXQ O9zpbSEEder3P0zTLxIAdQ3uha+iiwao4xaLswbB85+mwCVjQWRvJI+Ght2IMuGW2Tlj AviA== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pkH23VZnSZ+/kf5dCf7LwC2mE4Ssx3JlJ/ZJ7JDVJKsP6FFHJht Od+FPL1/tUaPo7pMJRals2kDaQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf7aQmc9SYeMrpQfQo89hc1Jix+sXS93YfL/1Q3/YloX4GHZyFlu5N3Z/k5Qi51zPDFCoPJgsw== X-Received: by 2002:a62:b501:0:b0:573:1959:c356 with SMTP id y1-20020a62b501000000b005731959c356mr15349642pfe.51.1669308715009; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 08:51:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-120-218.wavecable.com. [204.195.120.218]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o13-20020a170903210d00b00186616b8fbasm1571142ple.10.2022.11.24.08.51.54 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 24 Nov 2022 08:51:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 08:51:54 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Bruce Richardson Cc: David Marchand , , Thomas Monjalon Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] mailmap: add file to DPDK Message-ID: <20221124085154.13f5096f@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: References: <20201020130722.304989-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <20221124121321.2746801-1-david.marchand@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Thu, 24 Nov 2022 13:43:07 +0000 Bruce Richardson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 01:13:20PM +0100, David Marchand wrote: > > From: Bruce Richardson > > > > Since a number of contributors to DPDK have submitted patches to DPDK > > under more than one email address, we should maintain a mailmap file to > > properly track their commits using "shortlog". > > > > It also helps fix up any mangled names, for example, with > > surname/firstname reversed, or with incorrect capitalization. > > By keeping this file in the DPDK repository, rather than committers > > maintaining their own copies, it allows individual contributors to edit > > it to update their own email address preferences if so desired. > > > > While at it, update our checkpatches.sh script and add some > > documentation to help new contributors. > > > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson > > Signed-off-by: David Marchand > > --- > > Changes since v3: > > - fixed some issues with non iso characters in names, > > - added .mailmap to MAINTAINERS, > > - populated .mailmap with the contributors file Thomas and I maintain, > > - added a check so that people will stop mangling their own names, > > - added a note in the contributing guide, > > > Do we really want to require all contributors to add their names to the > mailmap file, it seems excessive to me and onerous on new contributors? I > would expect the mailmap to be only necessary for tracking mail updates, or > fixing already-mangled names. > > /Bruce Isn't mailmap only needed when there are multiple email addresses in the commit log?