> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-omap-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-omap-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Menon, > Nishanth > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:06 PM > To: Trilok Soni; David Brownell > Cc: Felipe Contreras; Kanigeri, Hari; linux-omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Hiroshi DOYU; Ameya Palande; Guzman > Lugo, Fernando > Subject: RE: [PATCH] tidspbridge: remove revision history > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Trilok Soni [mailto:soni.trilok@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 8:26 AM > > To: David Brownell > > Cc: Felipe Contreras; Menon, Nishanth; Kanigeri, Hari; linux- > > omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Hiroshi DOYU; Ameya Palande; Guzman Lugo, Fernando > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] tidspbridge: remove revision history > > > > >> > > >> I have no idea why I'm in that list. > > >> > > > > > > These short names looks like are given to TI internal developers not > > > the open-source contributors to this code. So, "ag" can mean "Amit > > > Agrawal" or "Andy Grover" or anything else... > > > > > > Better to remove these short names from the revision history, it > > > doesn't have any meaning. > > > > > > > Nishanth probably can put some points here. > > > Cards on table: I have never been involved personally on DSPBridge :(.. > It is just this: as a developer we all contribute to something so that our legacy remains in some > form.. Agreed various other motivations exist ;).. > > But personally, it feels good to see a tiny contribution being part of something else and being > acknowledged for it.. do we as a community say: > a) Lets kick all those oldies out.. They were yesteryear material, we can afford to forget them now. > OR do we say > b) Lets find who those guys are and ask them how they want to acknowledged here.. > > I mean, we all hate dirty code.. and I personally agree to Felipe's point that much of the old time > revision history is eating bytespace and eyespace :(.. At the same time, I guess we still retain the > old courtesy b/w one code hack to another :D.. > May be just add one MAINTAINERS/CONTRIBUTORS file move all rev history here. Sorry.. not sure if this was already discussed. Regards, Khasim -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
