[Libva] [PATCH] Update list of authors.

[Gwenole Beauchesne]

2015-10-28 17:00 GMT+01:00 Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com>:
> Hi Gwenole,
>
> On 28 October 2015 at 15:46, Gwenole Beauchesne <gb.devel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Statistics based on precise commits and actual contents (subsytems,
>> features, etc.). List of contributions could be derived into three
>> parts: primary/major (100+), regular (15+) and occasional.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gwenole Beauchesne <gwenole.beauchesne at intel.com>
>> ---
>> FYI, this will be pushed by the end of this week.
>>
>>  AUTHORS                    | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  src/dso_utils.c            |  3 +++
>>  src/dso_utils.h            |  3 +++
>>  src/gen6_mfd.c             |  2 +-
>>  src/gen75_vpp_vebox.c      |  2 ++
>>  src/gen7_mfd.c             |  3 ++-
>>  src/gen8_mfd.c             |  2 +-
>>  src/i965_decoder_utils.c   |  4 ++++
>>  src/i965_output_wayland.c  |  3 +++
>>  src/i965_output_wayland.h  |  3 +++
>>  src/i965_post_processing.c |  3 ++-
>>  src/i965_render.c          |  3 ++-
>>  12 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
>> index f296b02..b1965ad 100644
>> --- a/AUTHORS
>> +++ b/AUTHORS
>> @@ -2,9 +2,38 @@ Intel Linux graphics team working on the driver:
>
>> +Emil Velikov
> Wohoo I made it. Let's party :-P
>
>> diff --git a/src/dso_utils.c b/src/dso_utils.c
>> index 8fdea11..217b059 100644
>> --- a/src/dso_utils.c
>> +++ b/src/dso_utils.c
>> @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
>>   * ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
>>   * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
>>   * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
>> + *
>> + * Authors:
>> + *    Gwenole Beauchesne <gwenole.beauchesne at intel.com>
>>   */
> But seriously what is the purpose of having Authors tag in sources ?
> Isn't that a relic that many projects are moving away from ? Or
> perhaps there is some static tool that barfs as it needs/parses them ?

With that particular license? Consistency. Either you add missing
ones, or you drop all others. For existing projects, it's simpler to
add than remove without troubling too many people. :) Besides, you
don't necessarily have the companion git history to blame specific
persons or inquire further questions for obscure bugs or ways of
how/why things work that way.

The important bits are in AUTHORS at least, with one missing "root"
for whom it's hard to recover the original identity.

>
> No real objection, mostly curious.
>
> Thanks
> Emil