Hi Eric, I agree 100% with you, we should keep "via".
Uwe ----- Uwe Schindler H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen http://www.thetaphi.de eMail: u...@thetaphi.de > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Pugh [mailto:ep...@opensourceconnections.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 2:33 PM > To: dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: remove "via" > > I've looked at the "via" in the changelog to figure out which committer works in > which areas the most, and therefore who to ping about a patch. And I do think > that shepherding a patch file through to commit is worthy of some credit. It's > often a fair amount of work to evaluate a patch file, offer constructive > suggestions to someone who may not be familiar with how the process works, > and eventually get it committed. And it's often fairly thankless since you > typically are helping someone else scratch their itch, not your own! > > > On Jun 6, 2012, at 8:14 AM, Mark Miller wrote: > > > > > On Jun 5, 2012, at 6:40 PM, Robert Muir wrote: > > > >> Opinions? > > > > I disagree - I think it makes it really easy to track who actually did the commit > (the person *responsible* if it's a bad commit or a good commit) and I think > there is some credit in a committer applying someones patch. They are doing > the review and taking responsibility for the code change. I think *via* is pretty > clear regarding credit, and I think it has value in it's information. Even if you > simply commit someone else work, *you* are contributing to the issue. You > better have reviewed it, you better be willing to take responsibility for it. > > > > Appears I'm in the strong minority though. > > > > - Mark Miller > > lucidimagination.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For > > additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Eric Pugh | Principal | OpenSource Connections, LLC | 434.466.1467 | > http://www.opensourceconnections.com > Co-Author: Apache Solr 3 Enterprise Search Server available from > http://www.packtpub.com/apache-solr-3-enterprise-search-server/book > > This e-mail and all contents, including attachments, is considered to be > Company Confidential unless explicitly stated otherwise, regardless of whether > attachments are marked as such. > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional > commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
