The “By” column is a link to the team list that includes all your information. If you don’t use your userid then the link won’t index into the list properly.
Frankly, putting my name in the due-to column would feel like I would be sending a self congratulatory public thank you note to myself. It is over the top. Ralph > On Aug 13, 2019, at 8:51 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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>
