<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Paolo Cavallini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cavallini@faunalia.it" target="_blank">cavallini@faunalia.it</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all.<br>
Here my suggestions for acknowledging the important role of contributors.<br>
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1. In the Governance docs:<br>
<a href="http://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/index.html</a><br><br></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
Individuals, institutions and firms who contributed code to QGIS can let<br>
people know about their contribution by:<br>
* adding a short note on the commit itself (something like "Developed<br>
with funding from ...) [did we agree on this?]<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">)mho we pretty much agreed on <div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(48,48,48);display:inline"></div><span style="color:rgb(48,48,48);font-size:11.6999998092651px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">"funded by ..." and a max N of words</span>, see <a href="http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/PSC_Meeting_7_Feb_2014">http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/PSC_Meeting_7_Feb_2014</a> </div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><pre style="margin-right:1em;margin-left:1.6em;padding:2px 2px 2px 0px;border:1px solid rgb(218,218,218);width:auto;color:rgb(48,48,48);font-size:11.6999998092651px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">16:20 <@anitagraser> 1. would be "giving credit to funders" </pre><pre style="margin-right:1em;margin-left:1.6em;padding:2px 2px 2px 0px;border:1px solid rgb(218,218,218);width:auto;color:rgb(48,48,48);font-size:11.6999998092651px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><span style="font-size:11.6999998092651px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">16:21 <@anitagraser> ideas were: a) in code/comment, b) in commit messages, c) in release log, .... any more?</span></pre></div><div><pre style="margin-right:1em;margin-left:1.6em;padding:2px 2px 2px 0px;border:1px solid rgb(218,218,218);width:auto;color:rgb(48,48,48);font-size:11.6999998092651px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">16:21 < pcav> I think commits are most appropriate
16:22 < pcav> but we should agree on a standard formula</pre><pre style="margin-right:1em;margin-left:1.6em;padding:2px 2px 2px 0px;border:1px solid rgb(218,218,218);width:auto;color:rgb(48,48,48);font-size:11.6999998092651px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">16:22 <@anitagraser> pcav: standard text to put in the commit message?
16:22 < pcav> like <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"></div>"funded by ..." and a max N of words
16:23 < duiv> if we only do it in the release log, it does not accumulate in the code
16:24 < duiv> and we do not have trouble with 'first version funded by A', second by B and finally fixed by C</pre><pre style="margin-right:1em;margin-left:1.6em;padding:2px 2px 2px 0px;border:1px solid rgb(218,218,218);width:auto;color:rgb(48,48,48);font-size:11.6999998092651px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">16:25 <@anitagraser> vote for b)?
16:25 < pcav> +1
16:25 <@anitagraser> +1
16:26 < jef> we vote for what? allow commiters to add a comment about how funded their work and forbid to put it into the source?
16:27 < duiv> if it is ok for the funders: +1 but if I would for example have raised a couple of thousand euro's to implement something... not sure if I would be ok with a commit msg
16:27 < jef> s/add a comment/add a comment into the commit message/</pre><pre style="margin-right:1em;margin-left:1.6em;padding:2px 2px 2px 0px;border:1px solid rgb(218,218,218);width:auto;color:rgb(48,48,48);font-size:11.6999998092651px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">16:28 < pcav> jef: not really allowing or forbidding
16:28 < pcav> but giving guidelines</pre><pre style="margin-right:1em;margin-left:1.6em;padding:2px 2px 2px 0px;border:1px solid rgb(218,218,218);width:auto;color:rgb(48,48,48);font-size:11.6999998092651px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">16:31 < duiv> jef: as a code warrior, what do you prefer?
16:32 < jef> duiv: a comment in the commit is acceptable to me - although it's unnessary clutter, too.</pre><pre style="margin-right:1em;margin-left:1.6em;padding:2px 2px 2px 0px;border:1px solid rgb(218,218,218);width:auto;color:rgb(48,48,48);font-size:11.6999998092651px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">16:33 < duiv> ok, so the verdict? We prefer to do credits in commit msgs, not in code anymore?
16:33 < pcav> me and anitagraser voted
16:33 < duiv> +1
16:34 < pcav> jef: ?
16:34 < jef> 0 </pre><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Sorry for not putting it down in the gov docs after that meeting.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Best wishes,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Anita</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
* adding a note to the changelog for the first version where the code<br>
has been incorporated, of the type:<br>
This feature was funded by: Olmiomland <a href="http://olmiomland.ol" target="_blank">http://olmiomland.ol</a><br>
This feature was developed by: Chuck Norris <a href="http://chucknorris.kr" target="_blank">http://chucknorris.kr</a><br>
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2. In the Development page:<br>
Contributors of new functions are encouraged to let people know about<br>
their contribution by:<br>
* adding a note to the changelog for the first version where the code<br>
has been incorporated, of the type:<br>
This feature was funded by: Olmiomland <a href="http://olmiomland.ol" target="_blank">http://olmiomland.ol</a><br>
This feature was developed by: Chuck Norris <a href="http://chucknorris.kr" target="_blank">http://chucknorris.kr</a><br>
* writing an article about the new feature on a blog, and add it to the<br>
QGIS planet <a href="http://plugins.qgis.org/planet/" target="_blank">http://plugins.qgis.org/planet/</a><br>
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Comments welcome.<br>
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All the best.<br>
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Paolo Cavallini - <a href="http://www.faunalia.eu" target="_blank">www.faunalia.eu</a><br>
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