On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
> Would it be too much additional overhead if we all agreed to track > patch authors, reviewers, bug authors, etc., in Subversion memo's in a > semi-structured way? > > I'm thinking of what the Subversion project does, mainly using 4 > possible fields in the check in memo: > > Patch by: > Suggested by: > Found by: > Review by: > > (You use whichever are appropriate. Not every check-in will have all > four). > > > http://subversion.apache.org/docs/community-guide/conventions.html#crediting > a nice idea... > > The nice thing about this minimal amount of structure is it allows > easy extraction of contributors via a simple script, e.g.,: > > http://www.red-bean.com/svnproject/contribulyzer/ > well who knew? this is very nifty! > > As you may know, our current informal approach tracks committers, but > does not explicitly track other contributors. > > -Rob > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." -- Mark Twain
