Nice step forward, Oscsar. Thanks! /c
On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 5:25:51 PM UTC-6 Oscar wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just merged https://github.com/sympy/sympy/pull/22754 > > This means that new contributors are required to add themselves to the > .mailmap file before their PR can be merged. It also means that if > someone adds multiple commits with different git date for author and > email then they need to edit the .mailmap file to resolve the > ambiguity about who is the author of the work. There are more detailed > instructions here: > > https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/Development-workflow#add-your-name-and-email-address-to-the-mailmap-file > > Resolving author metadata has been one of the most awkward aspects of > the release process and is something that can not be automated. From > now on all authors must specify what name should be recorded for their > contributions. > > The process now is that all authors should be included in the .mailmap > file. The AUTHORS file will be updated at release time. The .mailmap > file will be kept in alphabetical order but the AUTHORS file will > still be in chronological order. This avoids the merge conflict > problems that my previous attempt had: > https://groups.google.com/g/sympy/c/3DXOKgoeX24/m/xL91f6KTAgAJ > > There may be teething problems with the new script but we can improve > it over time. > > Oscar > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/c9034dfb-d19f-4410-b055-cb5d5e5a2328n%40googlegroups.com.
