Hello Jani, On 11 August 2016 at 17:17, Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Aug 2016, Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> diff --git a/Documentation/dma-buf/guide.rst b/Documentation/dma-buf/guide.rst >> new file mode 100644 >> index 000000000000..fd3534fdccb3 >> --- /dev/null >> +++ b/Documentation/dma-buf/guide.rst >> @@ -0,0 +1,503 @@ >> + >> +.. _dma-buf-guide: >> + >> +============================ >> +DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide >> +============================ >> + >> +Sumit Semwal - sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx, sumits@xxxxxxxxxx > > Please use the format > > :author: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx> > Thanks very much for reviewing! > --- > > While on this subject, please excuse me for hijacking the thread a bit. > > Personally, I believe it would be better to leave out authorship notes > from documentation and source files in collaborative projects. Of > course, it is only fair that people who deserve credit get the > credit. Listing the authors in the file is often the natural thing to > do, and superficially seems fair. > > However, when do you add more names to the list? When has someone > contributed enough to warrant that? Is it fair that the original authors > keep getting the credit for the contributions of others? After a while, > perhaps there is next to nothing left of the original contributions, but > the bar is really high for removing anyone from the authors. Listing the > authors gives the impression this is *their* file, while everyone should > feel welcome to contribute, and everyone who contributes should feel > ownership. > > IMHO we would be better off using just the git history for the credits. > :) - I totally agree with your stand; this patch was an (almost) direct conversion from the earlier format, hence this patch. But yes, I will remove it in the next iteration. > > BR, > Jani. > > BR, Sumit. > PS. I am no saint here, I've got a couple of authors lines myself. I > promise not to add more. I certainly won't chastise anyone for adding > theirs. > > > -- > Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- Thanks and regards, Sumit Semwal Linaro Mobile Group - Kernel Team Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
