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Hi David could you please respond to private email concerning the details we have for you in .mailmap and AUTHORS, thanks. Your config is inconsistent, Can I assume that the details listed in AUTHORS are the definitive set? Yves On Fri, 25 Feb 2022, 12:25 David Nicol, <davidnicol@gmail.com> wrote: > P5p is contractually obligated to retain listings in the authors file or > equivalent as part of the source code distribution. > > Do away with the authors file and my lawyers will submit a patch backing > out my contributions and get a court to order you to apply it. > > That's why. > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 17:11 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? >> >> Leon >> >Thread Previous | Thread Next