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Thu, 24 Nov 2022 12:19:58 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Bruce Richardson , Stephen Hemminger Cc: David Marchand , dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] mailmap: add file to DPDK Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 18:19:57 +0100 Message-ID: <4185004.mogB4TqSGs@thomas> In-Reply-To: <20221124085154.13f5096f@hermes.local> References: <20201020130722.304989-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <20221124085154.13f5096f@hermes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 24/11/2022 17:51, Stephen Hemminger: > 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? Yes, but we also want the full list in order to make sure there is no typo when writing name or email. That's the dirty job maintainers are doing...