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Re: Promoting Git developers

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 11, 2015, 07:31 UTC
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<20150311073129.GA5947@peff.net>
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On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 07:36:34PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> > Or if that would make the release notes too cumbersome to review, what
> > about using systemd's method? systemd's release notes include a
> > "contributions from" section at the very end that lists everyone with
> > a patch included in the release.
> 
> I can add "shortlog --no-merges -s -n v2.3.0..v2.4.0" at the end of
> the e-mail when the release notes is sent out. That might be a good
> enough balance between the usefulness of the release notes to its
> customers and giving credits to individuals in a way a bit more
> visible than "if you are interested, run shortlog yourself" [*4*].

I somehow thought you already did this, but it looks like you just do shortlog (without the "-ns") for the "maint" release announcement. This does seem like a very simple thing we could to promote visibility of contributors, and one would that would not require any ongoing effort once it is initially scripted. It may even be a nice place to specifically call out contributors who are new in this release.

I spent many years as a "type C" contributor, and I remember how nice it was to see my name mentioned occasionally as a useful person.

-Peff
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  6. Christian CouderMar 10, 2015
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  9. Duy NguyenMar 11, 2015
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2015
  11. Duy NguyenMar 12, 2015
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  16. Jeff KingMar 11, 2015
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  22. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2015
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  24. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2015
  25. Jeff KingMar 12, 2015
  26. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2015
  27. Christian CouderMar 15, 2015
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  29. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2015
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  31. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2015
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  36. Christian CouderMar 17, 2015
  37. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2015
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  40. David LangMar 17, 2015
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