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The discussion slipped to whether: +</I>><i> * packagers/contributors [sh|w]ould use& publish their real name (as +</I>><i> registered in identity), +</I>><i> * packagers/contributors [sh|w]ould publish their contact email (same), +</I>><i> * in their contributions to the project (here, in the changelog), +</I>><i> * if it should be strictly enforced or not, and why. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> for practical or personal reasons. It's a general, pretty key matter, +</I>><i> it's been rightly suggested to raise the point here, so here it is. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> We can't enforce anything unless we decide on this first and this +</I>><i> thread is here to gather views. What we (Council) will decide later on +</I>><i> about this depends on the outcomes of the discussion (and if we ever +</I>><i> decide or not btw). It will be part of the project's privacy policy. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> And please try to keep this discussion to the point, focused and +</I>><i> civilized; state your views, don't infer on others' ones, stay cool. +</I>><i> Or your point will become shallow and the discussion will be wasted. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The points to decide here are: +</I>><i> a) should a contributor provide a public email address, to be used in +</I>><i> changelogs, commits and everywhere her contribution to the project +</I>><i> needs an id or contact id? (for instance changelog, commit, document +</I>><i> authoring) +</I>><i> b) should a contributor provide a real name for the same goals? or is +</I>><i> a fake name/alias ok, as long as there are people that do know/meet +</I>><i> the person? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I won't comment on pros and cons below (not exclusive of others), but +</I>><i> those were raised in the discussion before: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The pros (as in "yes one should"): +</I>><i> - that is the common way used in MDV and other major distributions +</I>><i> - (email or name) it identifies the author of a change to the project/code +</I>><i> - (email) it helps identifying& contacting directly someone in the +</I>><i> project (peer review or any ad hoc matter) +</I>><i> - (email& name) it helps building confidence among contributors and +</I>><i> from the outside +</I>><i> - (name) it encourages people to adopt a consistent behaviour +</I>><i> - (email& name) it builds one's contributions list for +</I>><i> future/outside reference +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The cons (as in "no, one should be free not to") +</I>><i> - public email addresses get spammed +</I>><i> - personal preferences to not reveal one's name +</I>><i> - there are situations where anonymity is a requirement or "nice to +</I>><i> have" (from a personal or corporate point of view) +</I>><i> - it will encourage people to contact directly contributors instead +</I>><i> of using other expected channels +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Note that one may use a fake name/identity anyway to stay anonymous +</I>><i> (but unless one already has a network of trust within a group, she +</I>><i> would not have a past public record to help building her new +</I>><i> reputation). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> What is at stake is the accountability for each contributor, hence for +</I>><i> the whole project. What will matter is what one does and how. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> And again, let's have this point discussed in a cool, informative, +</I>><i> constructive and efficient way, please. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Cheers, +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Romain +</I> +Personnally I like <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">pseudo at mageia.org</A>, with real name and direct adresse +optional. + +1) anyone who wants to can give a phony name anyway. + +2) @mageia.org lessens the personal spam problem, and looks more +official as well. It will also give Mageia a higher profile, which is a +non-negligable side effect. + +3) a lot of contributors like myself aren't in it for the publicity. +As well, they could have compelling reasons to remain anonymous. +(Thus not giving their real email, for example.) + +my 2 cents :) +-- +André +</PRE> + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002907.html">[Mageia-dev] Contributors using real name/working email? or not? or maybe? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002912.html">[Mageia-dev] Contributors using real name/working email? or not? or maybe? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2909">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2909">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2909">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2909">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |