On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 00:11, Leon Timmermans <fawaka@gmail.com> 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? > > Personally I do not mind AUTHORS file. It just should not enforce contributors to put their github account email somewhere - either AUTHORS or .mailmap > Leon >Thread Previous | Thread Next