From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: Promoting Git developers Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 03:31:29 -0400 Message-ID: <20150311073129.GA5947@peff.net> References: <54FDA6B5.8050505@drmicha.warpmail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: "Jason St. John" , Christian Couder , Michael J Gruber , David Kastrup , git To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Mar 11 08:31:40 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YVb7C-00077M-JC for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:31:38 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751209AbbCKHbd (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2015 03:31:33 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([50.56.180.127]:60077 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751024AbbCKHbd (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2015 03:31:33 -0400 Received: (qmail 2157 invoked by uid 102); 11 Mar 2015 07:31:33 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.1) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 02:31:33 -0500 Received: (qmail 25087 invoked by uid 107); 11 Mar 2015 07:31:41 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 03:31:41 -0400 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 11 Mar 2015 03:31:29 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 07:36:34PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > 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