On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Flavio Percoco <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 27/10/13 22:13 -0400, Monty Taylor wrote: > >> >> >> On 10/26/2013 04:38 AM, Robert Collins wrote: >> >>> So nova has a massive .mailmap that maps multiple addresses for one >>> person together. I'm wondering if a) it's still needed, and b) if it >>> is, should we push it into all the repositories - e.g. have a single >>> global copy and an automated job to push updates around. >>> >> >> We do still need it. We also have this info duplicated elsewhere (like >> stackalytics and gitdm) Perhaps we don't even store it elsewhere in that >> form, but instead generate it and then ship it around? >> >> OR - (this is from IRC conversation) We remove it from the repo >> altogether since it's mainly for sdist purposes - and instead have infra >> read in the mailmap info globally, then copy it into the repo before >> sdist generation. The downside to that is that the AUTHORS file would be >> weird for people for locally produced tarballs. BUT - I kinda doubt that >> people who are re-producing tarballs from source themselves care about >> the AUTHORS file. >> > I like having a local copy of .mailmap so I can do things like git shortlog work. +1 to Roberts second option "we push it into all the repositories - e.g. have a single global copy and an automated job to push updates around." > > > I don't mind having it around, we could definitely have a global one > and then projects willing to pull it in could take it from there. > Cheers, > FF > > -- > @flaper87 > Flavio Percoco > > > ______________________________**_________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > http://lists.openstack.org/**cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**openstack-dev<http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev> >
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