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Thu, 24 Nov 2022 08:57:19 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>, David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com> Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] mailmap: add file to DPDK Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 14:57:17 +0100 Message-ID: <2157985.1BCLMh4Saa@thomas> In-Reply-To: <CAJFAV8zYRLuXWOpWv05axsd86AOkumosTkTkaJ2Zy+c-X2fj8Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <20201020130722.304989-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <Y39065+i6yLbTz6X@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> <CAJFAV8zYRLuXWOpWv05axsd86AOkumosTkTkaJ2Zy+c-X2fj8Q@mail.gmail.com> 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 <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org 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.