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

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

24/11/2022 14:49, David Marchand:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 2:43 PM 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.
> 
> As someone who checks those names and fixes some regularly, I prefer
> developers check this themselves.

If a new contributor does not edit this file, it can be done while merging.