FWIW, I only use "due-to" to signify I (being "dev") have had significant help 
from someone else. This may be a patch/ pull request, or an analysis /design 
suggestion or something else. I thought the intention of the due-to was to 
explicitly give credit to everyone who helped the dev. I use it in the hope it 
encourages people to keep contributing. 



Sent from my iPhone

> On 2016/08/27, at 8:04, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> We don't gpg-sign commits, so it wouldn't really matter. It's more useful in 
> larger projects where you have a hierarchy of project leaders involved.
> 
>> On 26 August 2016 at 18:02, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Are you suggesting we augment the changes.xml model to reflect the 3rd attr?
>> 
>> G
>> 
>>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Git has 3 distinctions though: author, committer, and signed off by (which 
>>> is optional).
>>> 
>>>> On 26 August 2016 at 18:00, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Maybe we can use the dev attr for the person who commits and the due-to 
>>>> attr as the actual author; kind of like git's distinction.
>>>> 
>>>> ?
>>>> 
>>>> Gary
>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> What about when you collaborate with a contributor? For example, a 
>>>>> half-finished patch.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 26 August 2016 at 17:47, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> Copy-paste. Would you rather it does not show up with a due-to?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Ralph Goers 
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> Gary,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I am noticing that you have marked several items in changes.xml as 
>>>>>>> “due-to” yourself?  Why are you doing that? Traditionally, we have 
>>>>>>> omitted that when a committer does the work as it shows up as you 
>>>>>>> making the commit in the report.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ralph
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]
>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] 
>>>>>> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition
>>>>>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition
>>>>>> Spring Batch in Action
>>>>>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com 
>>>>>> Home: http://garygregory.com/
>>>>>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Matt Sicker <[email protected]>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] 
>>>> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition
>>>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition
>>>> Spring Batch in Action
>>>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com 
>>>> Home: http://garygregory.com/
>>>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Matt Sicker <[email protected]>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] 
>> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition
>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition
>> Spring Batch in Action
>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com 
>> Home: http://garygregory.com/
>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Matt Sicker <[email protected]>

Reply via email to