Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-19 Thread Timur Kristóf
On Fri, 2019-12-13 at 11:00 +1100, Timothy Arceri wrote: > On 13/12/19 10:15 am, Alex Deucher wrote: > > What does the name matter? The name is the least of your worries. > > What if their patch uses a patented algorithm? Does anyone check > > for > > that? The whole Signed-off-by thing just

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-12 Thread Timothy Arceri
On 13/12/19 10:15 am, Alex Deucher wrote: What does the name matter? The name is the least of your worries. What if their patch uses a patented algorithm? Does anyone check for that? The whole Signed-off-by thing just just hazing for newbs. Someone took the time to write and submit a patch.

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-12 Thread Alex Deucher
What does the name matter? The name is the least of your worries. What if their patch uses a patented algorithm? Does anyone check for that? The whole Signed-off-by thing just just hazing for newbs. Someone took the time to write and submit a patch. We trust they did the right thing and didn't

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-12 Thread Timothy Arceri
On 13/12/19 1:54 am, Daniel Stone wrote: On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 22:35, Timothy Arceri wrote: So it seems lately we have been increasingly merging patches with made up names, or single names etc [1]. The latest submitted patch has the name Icecream95. This seems wrong to me from a point of

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-12 Thread Daniel Stone
On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 22:35, Timothy Arceri wrote: > So it seems lately we have been increasingly merging patches with made > up names, or single names etc [1]. The latest submitted patch has the > name Icecream95. This seems wrong to me from a point of keeping up the > integrity of the project.

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-12 Thread Chuck Atkins
> > My 2 cents, which take with a grain of salt given that I'm an "every once in a while" contributor... This seems wrong to me from a point of keeping up the integrity of the > project. I understand the sentiment of project professionalism, but also keep in mind that not every contributor is

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-12 Thread apinheiro
On 12/12/19 5:46, Mark Janes wrote: Ian Romanick writes: On 12/11/19 2:27 PM, Timothy Arceri wrote: Hi, So it seems lately we have been increasingly merging patches with made up names, or single names etc [1]. The latest submitted patch has the name Icecream95. This seems wrong to me from

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-12 Thread apinheiro
On 12/12/19 0:38, Eric Engestrom wrote: On 2019-12-11 at 23:09, Eric Anholt wrote: On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 2:35 PM Timothy Arceri wrote: Hi, So it seems lately we have been increasingly merging patches with made up names, or single names etc [1]. The latest submitted patch has the name

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-11 Thread Mark Janes
Ian Romanick writes: > On 12/11/19 2:27 PM, Timothy Arceri wrote: >> Hi, >> >> So it seems lately we have been increasingly merging patches with made >> up names, or single names etc [1]. The latest submitted patch has the >> name Icecream95. This seems wrong to me from a point of keeping up

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-11 Thread Ian Romanick
On 12/11/19 2:27 PM, Timothy Arceri wrote: > Hi, > > So it seems lately we have been increasingly merging patches with made > up names, or single names etc [1]. The latest submitted patch has the > name Icecream95. This seems wrong to me from a point of keeping up the > integrity of the project.

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-11 Thread Marek Olšák
On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 7:47 PM Eric Engestrom wrote: > On 2019-12-11 at 23:46, Timothy Arceri wrote: > > On 12/12/19 10:38 am, Eric Engestrom wrote: > > > On 2019-12-11 at 23:09, Eric Anholt wrote: > > >> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 2:35 PM Timothy Arceri > wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Hi, > > >>> > >

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-11 Thread Eric Engestrom
On 2019-12-11 at 23:46, Timothy Arceri wrote: > On 12/12/19 10:38 am, Eric Engestrom wrote: > > On 2019-12-11 at 23:09, Eric Anholt wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 2:35 PM Timothy Arceri > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> So it seems lately we have been increasingly merging patches

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-11 Thread Timothy Arceri
On 12/12/19 10:38 am, Eric Engestrom wrote: On 2019-12-11 at 23:09, Eric Anholt wrote: On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 2:35 PM Timothy Arceri wrote: Hi, So it seems lately we have been increasingly merging patches with made up names, or single names etc [1]. The latest submitted patch has the name

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-11 Thread Eric Engestrom
On 2019-12-11 at 23:09, Eric Anholt wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 2:35 PM Timothy Arceri wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > So it seems lately we have been increasingly merging patches with made > > up names, or single names etc [1]. The latest submitted patch has the > > name Icecream95. This seems

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-11 Thread Timothy Arceri
On 12/12/19 10:09 am, Eric Anholt wrote: On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 2:35 PM Timothy Arceri wrote: Hi, So it seems lately we have been increasingly merging patches with made up names, or single names etc [1]. The latest submitted patch has the name Icecream95. This seems wrong to me from a point

Re: [Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-11 Thread Eric Anholt
On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 2:35 PM Timothy Arceri wrote: > > Hi, > > So it seems lately we have been increasingly merging patches with made > up names, or single names etc [1]. The latest submitted patch has the > name Icecream95. This seems wrong to me from a point of keeping up the > integrity of

[Mesa-dev] Requiring a full author name when contributing to mesa?

2019-12-11 Thread Timothy Arceri
Hi, So it seems lately we have been increasingly merging patches with made up names, or single names etc [1]. The latest submitted patch has the name Icecream95. This seems wrong to me from a point of keeping up the integrity of the project. I'm not a legal expert but it doesn't seem ideal