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On 2/23/22 18:11, Leon Timmermans wrote: > We've been maintaining an AUTHORS file for more than twenty years, but > in these days of git I'm kind of wondering why we still do this. > > We actually have tests that check if any new addition matches git, why > don't we just rely on git instead? And remain a HISTORIC-AUTHORS file > honoring the contributors who predate our transition to git. > > Right now it's a recurring source of test failures for new contributors, > without providing any clear benefit IME. Why would we keep doing this? > > Leon I strongly favor *not* tying ourselves to the flavor-of-the-decade technology and keeping fundamental files like AUTHORS, MANIFEST and README in plain-text format. We've been through at least 3 different version control systems, so we shouldn't assume that we'll be on Git forever.Thread Previous | Thread Next