[Zlib-devel] patch author attribution

[Mark Adler]

On Jan 22, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Maarten Bosmans wrote:
> Mark, are you using git as your primary VCS now?

Yes.

> Is the preferred method of supplying patches a properly formatted git-format-patch now?

Your call.  If the patch is emailed to me in git format, I will apply it that way.  So you'll see a few with direct attributions to jrn, Lillqvist, and Frysinger, and Torok.  Patches can be sent to me however anyone likes, but now I am requesting at least a one-line description of the patch (more is better) for use in the commit message.

> In any case, I'd like to suggest that you include proper author info
> when committing normal patches that are sent to the list. For git
> there is a distinction between the committer (you) and the author (the
> patch submitter). The git command you can use is:
> 
> git commit --author "Maarten Bosmans <mkbosmans at gmail.com>"

Up to now, I have been putting the attribution for those in the commit message in brackets, e.g. "Make version explicit in contrib/minizip/configure.ac [Bosmans].".  Unless someone sends me a git formatted patch with the intention of full attribution, I did not want to presume that members of the list would like for me to share their email address on github.

Mark