develooper Front page | perl.perl5.porters | Postings from February 2022

Re: Why do we still have AUTHORS?

Thread Previous | Thread Next
From:
Branislav Zahradník
Date:
February 24, 2022 13:52
Subject:
Re: Why do we still have AUTHORS?
Message ID:
CAB=rbOn3JpKs7tMwd-vZoNY0OEM3Fk8Z=Uuv+LKMvFj-DxYvMQ@mail.gmail.com
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


nntp.perl.org: Perl Programming lists via nntp and http.
Comments to Ask Bjørn Hansen at ask@perl.org | Group listing | About