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

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

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