From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A041AA04DC; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:38:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73708AD77; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:38:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from wout5-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout5-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.21]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1BADAA27 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:38:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00DF2B15; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:38:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:38:46 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=fm2; bh= 9mZlYBvQ0LUdQW9fYI4S9W2hym3Aqo95LVHQHQaK63s=; b=A+hE4Q9TxC8JUvHm QGJnIeqa30XGGJ8zjzJGG3UEI4wFB47/nGwTNYx5zvIE/uabp0BkOOhIIAqdgZrB Rfn9nVx+Ag6ac0DpnkpcQXp/1Q+1XqVwAD8DdoQxjI8e8a7Xh0/aM4TwavslLeqw D11+ITAf7vEHDPnFrQdY9eRCJeko5PBeldIunU5z+j+mumLNITm0o8Z8+NfaB7ie YlhRaqxGdS4kMKRZJnjPKWxLazbNxa6N9yh0vi6ZIrVayNs1Fzjfknp0jbmM39Sr hGAADBiPvH79IaRUuRnlThNm9FobfunI0SzW/O5Se/fzyaOviCT1U0hoohe+SxHu Kn3eQQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=9mZlYBvQ0LUdQW9fYI4S9W2hym3Aqo95LVHQHQaK6 3s=; b=KkXIlbJVryKmdR5m/0LN8KqNAdxMfihcZGER5dQnLFw2zzfrXHrT2Fl44 H9hvu+r8zfULCb7gFeFxdxuvndeCkJIUi1uGmLuaFU0bRkwAvpXcYKIFIKAPQuKk ZspGZGB5Sc6r96KMy62TtPz/eTZzPuxkDvzOfjaQ3d47aBNh6JXOXQajiuxMxnJa YrY1hDmziIHB/fSNwzMwVc04Q22D1YEDDY6cgGksLcf/SJRkvJKtO5ZcFFHPdl8R HvllF4Usohp2NF0LHbBNf+Lwzsc0sw0Fc83+60XAMVhRdHDtC7TcGAzTKEiFcXCE 4YOyv5xFllGs5LmCWlV669dwR3nuA== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrjeefgdeklecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpefhvffufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghs ucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucggtf frrghtthgvrhhnpedugefgvdefudfftdefgeelgffhueekgfffhfeujedtteeutdejueei iedvffegheenucfkphepjeejrddufeegrddvtdefrddukeegnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuih iivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhho nhdrnhgvth X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D6FDD3280063; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:38:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Bruce Richardson Cc: dev@dpdk.org Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:38:43 +0200 Message-ID: <5606809.TihpGJyqmm@thomas> In-Reply-To: <20201020153206.GH558@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20201020130722.304989-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <1741910.NPnI57ggvb@thomas> <20201020153206.GH558@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mailmap: add a mailmap file to DPDK X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 20/10/2020 17:32, Bruce Richardson: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 05:17:58PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 20/10/2020 17:03, Bruce Richardson: > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 04:29:18PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > 20/10/2020 15:07, 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. > > > > > > > > I agree it helps fixing typos in names, that's why I have such file. > > > > To be really useful, we should add every contributors. > > > > > > Surely not every contributor has multiple email addresses or their > > > emails in multiple formats? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson --- > > > > > > > > > > while this list is almost certainly incomplete, this should serve > > > > > as a reasonable start-point for building a more complete one. > > > > > > > > Do you want me to write a v2? > > > > > > > Feel free to. However, I think the contents should be limited to only > > > those that need to be there. > > > > Misunderstanding then. The other usage I'm looking at, is your last > > sentence above: " It also helps fix up any mangled names, for example, > > with surname/firstname reversed, or with incorrect capitalization. " > > This usage requires to have everyone listed. > > > I've only ever noticed a few instances in DPDK where people's names differ > a little - for example, I think there is one instance in hundreds of > commits from me where my surname is missing a capital letter, and three > instances of surname/firstname reversal, and all of those are from 2014 or > earlier. > > If most people's names are consistent in the repo then there is no need to > add them. I'd view adding for cases like this to be on an as-needed basis, > and largely leave it up to people to contribute names to the list when they > see a problem. I would not think that there is any need to pro-actively add > people to the list in case their name gets messed up in future, especially > since, thanks to your work, the use of names has become much more > consistent over the years. Yes it is because of Ferruh, David and myself fixing names. I would prefer this check done in advance by contributors and other maintainers. That's why I would like to share a script and a big database of names which could be the mailmap.