From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: proposal: add "packagers" field (list of strings (names)) to package definition Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 20:54:43 +0100 Message-ID: <87r3j4k4n0.fsf@mdc-berlin.de> References: <565D565C.4030208@gmx.net> <87zixtezjy.fsf@igalia.com> <565F0768.2030209@gmx.net> <87r3j4g789.fsf@igalia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54758) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a4DUS-0000OT-4F for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:55:00 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a4DUM-0003hH-Sd for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:55:00 -0500 Received: from venus.bbbm.mdc-berlin.de ([141.80.25.30]:42246) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a4DUM-0003gs-Ie for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:54:54 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87r3j4g789.fsf@igalia.com> 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: Andy Wingo Cc: guix-devel Andy Wingo writes: >> 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. > > If there are other ways we can recognize people's work, we should > consider them :) Think of it this way though, a packager is a person > who packages. The value is in the verb, not the noun; packaging is an > ongoing process. We should reward the process, via NEWS, and perhaps i= n > other ways. With every release the release announcement also includes a list of contributors since the last release next to a number of their contributions. I think that this is a very public statement of appreciation and quite motivating (because of the numbers, so you can even be competitive if you want to). I don=E2=80=99t think package objects are good places to attribute contri= butors (all of them?) to a package. They are usually invisible to users > Besides, no one wants to be the person that removes a name from a list > of a package's packagers! +1 to this. It would be so awkward. And not removing names from packages may result in a really long list, eventually, and removing the names then would be no less awkward. ~~ Ricardo