Re: [PATCH v4] mailmap: add file to DPDK

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Thu, 24 Nov 2022 13:43:07 +0000
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 01:13:20PM +0100, David Marchand wrote:
> > From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> > 
> > 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 <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> > ---
> > 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?