From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30D81A0542; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 14:49:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFDDD42DBE; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 14:49:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A54742DB6 for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 14:49:23 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1669297763; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=S0nKlTnP5M6BqQJ4w0/Fh+JoGnIcMRqM9vFR4JycjwQ=; b=MuMWaEw1RDcBB3yeWRzLrScfrSjahOS/oWrUB3U5heWjaw4OUOlm3wJSN9cXi9VuGDZX3S R0dMr7DkfQ98Fgpbv+i5Z2p7dq6ryzRkE7yUSM59ot6z84gMbW2XAfO0NpcApERn5DH2m+ DEmWU/V0ScjoUKy5dQg4VsxB+QjTtYw= Received: from mail-pg1-f200.google.com (mail-pg1-f200.google.com [209.85.215.200]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) id us-mta-484-OgREnShLOa-Npi_kgwyhZQ-1; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 08:49:22 -0500 X-MC-Unique: OgREnShLOa-Npi_kgwyhZQ-1 Received: by mail-pg1-f200.google.com with SMTP id q194-20020a632acb000000b00476fda6a1d2so1152428pgq.15 for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 05:49:21 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=S0nKlTnP5M6BqQJ4w0/Fh+JoGnIcMRqM9vFR4JycjwQ=; b=K8C1BCWAV9l6ONDzmebBLvlx4IgYKb0NbxZFrRq95s/t4KEpOcdkKIJjymmUF0er9h JbBz9gPddZmCGcfeqFsqsVHSoMMHJaJMki9BNAt9poaKr9+21D2aE2KVySwOo1y+RkMP TUxC6c1FLuzDiv2PNYM+cUvcrdKDv9ta+LOt3h+ngdWzQ1iRARWPCUMJ50t9IY0HXYvl HgVzfFu2UdojTDo6XwP9myCem0aF4ljCvm3jU15rlr0XqXiooKZsCB9mj/uV0PRs72xE nE79rKc095FkWYr/o7Pn/LH1O1j7k/hd2KMvAayT8+u6ouB2Rc2vcWgnV7INTrjv9DeP PfzQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5plghmaQVDs+8rlN4FoU/CZbymeK+dLWoUwSiCpGmaUD1W4aX0jJ um5ag3P19/4ZK1elG5W5IkMwhGk3O0kIU3TJc25hmk8YIuLhE1O6WOsHAGbH08ZJQja8PLAnGHp feRFAxVmMoLHrWrSdDbE= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:dac2:b0:188:f5c7:4d23 with SMTP id q2-20020a170902dac200b00188f5c74d23mr14215207plx.125.1669297761074; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 05:49:21 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf4tUWO2qrwsNclYCJjaMLVL5biXq9iK4HVIW0TIXdXNQ1ANxmufqnq+J6AjjdLXRxtOSY2HgVpKTKHNCW30BJ4= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:dac2:b0:188:f5c7:4d23 with SMTP id q2-20020a170902dac200b00188f5c74d23mr14215191plx.125.1669297760818; Thu, 24 Nov 2022 05:49:20 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20201020130722.304989-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <20221124121321.2746801-1-david.marchand@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: From: David Marchand Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 14:49:09 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] mailmap: add file to DPDK To: Bruce Richardson Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Thomas Monjalon X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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 On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 2:43 PM 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. As someone who checks those names and fixes some regularly, I prefer developers check this themselves. -- David Marchand