Can the “By” column contain real names instead of usernames? On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 22:18, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> I should also add that the changes report already gives credit to the > committer - see the “By” column at > http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/changes-report.html#a2.12.1 < > http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/changes-report.html#a2.12.1> so by > adding yourself to the due-to field you are giving yourself credit twice. > > Ralph > > > On Aug 13, 2019, at 8:13 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> > wrote: > > > > Gary, > > > > I am wondering why you have recently gotten in the habit of adding > yourself to the due-to field of changes.xml. Historically we have always > used that to give credit to non-committers who provide patches or > significantly contribute to them. As committers we get credit in the > source control and in the dev field of the action entry. It seems over the > top to be giving ourselves credit that way and, in fact, takes away from > the contributions we receive from non-committers as every single change is > due to one of us, even if all we do is commit the patch. > > > > If we need to vote on this I would vote that committers names should > never appear in the due-to field. > > > > Ralph > > > > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
