[Qgis-developer] Please stop spamming commit logs!

[Nyall Dawson]

On 13/10/2014 11:01 pm, "Matthias Kuhn" <matthias.kuhn at gmx.ch> wrote:
>
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> I don't think that this is the message that QGIS wants to spread. If it
> would be, we would do popups that ask you to sponsor for every new
> feature you created ;-)
>
> But as you state, sponsorship is a means to an end. As such it is a
> prerequisite for moving this software on and therefore it is good if
> users are aware of the fact, that this software was created by people
> and that they can only spend their time if they have a possibility to
> get the money they need for a living.
>
> If you ask me: a "funded by" is in a commit author's responsibility. He
> knows what he wrote that commit for. Be it for money, for fun, for his
> boss, somebody he loves or a university degree. If he thinks it is worth
> putting a note there for any reason - i.e. definitely not limited to
> monetary transactions - he should be able to do so. It does no harm, but
> may be a reward for his time or be part of a contract.
>
> The username next to a git commit is not the same thing. It can only
> tell who does the commit, but does not tell for what reason/who he does
it.
>
> The only restriction I would put to this is that it must be placed at
> the end of the commit on a new line (for the sake of good readability).
>
> Regards,
> Matthias

+1 . Can I request that the psc please make a final ruling about this issue
so that we can close this discussion and all move on?

Nyall
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