-1 Not all committers make contributions to the code base. it is emphasized here in other discussions that committers need not be developers but contributors in some other way. See the discussion about Forums administration, for example. Commit messages are an unreliable indicator as Ross points out and it becomes a heavyweight task to track them.
- Dennis (In addition, not all commit messages are actions by committers) -----Original Message----- From: Ross Gardler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:03 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How do we want to announce new Committers/PPMC members On 29 September 2011 19:00, Tor Lillqvist <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps instead of announcements of new committers, announcements of > actual commits (more than just one) from somebody who hasn't committed > earlier would be interesting... -0 When a patch is committed the commit message should contain "(issue xyz - thanks to Jane Blogs)" The commit mail gets sent to a commit list and thus there is already a process for this in place. No harm in someone doing a separate thank you but if someone gets missed or the volunteer is busy it can leave people feeling left out. Ross -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
