From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Florian Paul Schmidt Subject: Re: proposal: add "packagers" field (list of strings (names)) to package definition Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 22:15:02 +0100 Message-ID: <5660B0D6.9030803@gmx.net> References: <565D565C.4030208@gmx.net> <87zixtezjy.fsf@igalia.com> <565F0768.2030209@gmx.net> <20151203164658.GA30489@thebird.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49521) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a4bEK-0007MR-Bt for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:15:57 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a4bEF-0000jz-D9 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:15:56 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]:61772) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a4bEF-0000jG-3p for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:15:51 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20151203164658.GA30489@thebird.nl> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Pjotr Prins Cc: guix-devel -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 12/03/2015 05:46 PM, Pjotr Prins wrote: > On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 03:59:52PM +0100, Florian Paul Schmidt > wrote: >> Aww, too bad. I think it's a missed opportunity to be inclusive >> and generous with attribution which might motivate people to >> contribute. Guix is in a unique position with this opportunity. > > Git history is conclusive. There is no stopping anyone mining and > creating outside meta-data. True, except for one scenario: If someone proposes a package not as a diff with authorship information, but just as a text via some other channel. Or maybe just a good suggestion which someone that provided a diff might deem worthy of a mention :) But many roads lead to Rome, every approach has pros and cons. I'm not pushing this any further Flo - -- https://fps.io -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWYLDVAAoJEA5f4Coltk8ZLm0H+wV3aNLTbEWU7d1qXSI7O1Is 9Ztc582iTQBanvTbzE3VqvCAGS/znF7gcjja1zM2CMZC5CGk5El5Pdtxno4n9EPs Q7FDQ/NQiLqumC59EV6absyJ+hlCGQ0ySFeeCasdgDzoTMxKGXBJuZBRawsv1Gmc TWkYf7VLNFA46JPtVWroqcPiGw0M/FjC80ztTk9hFsNf+lrFARqJSx47CbGxaTXD PmhB8kwEqpILzREdD4s+JO+Hw5RCK3kCGVyqzUaomlwgqaZJHZEkIc21vtkPbz26 L8TB4idnEQFgr7rGtqfErYOSH6cNxYrlxVJjYboMIO/BlzynfwWvCTh3gCFRPs0= =Agdj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----