Initials vs. full names (was Re: [ANN] Squeak3.9b-7037 available)

Yann Monclair yann at monclair.info
Sat Jul 8 16:38:01 UTC 2006


Or a login system like VisualWorks StORE has ? You can check the  
login (id) of the contributor, and the person did sign up to get the  
login . It's easier to find the contributors that way I think.

Yann


On Jul 8, 2006, at 6:25 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

>
> Am 08.07.2006 um 18:03 schrieb Philippe Marschall:
>
>> 2006/7/8, Alexandre Bergel <Alexandre.Bergel at cs.tcd.ie>:
>>> NB: Having full name instead of initials would be something positive
>>> I guess... I do not know who is pmm...
>>
>> Well that's me. So should I change the initials to 'me'? ;) *jk*
>>
>> I agree with you, it would be desirable to know who wrote the code  
>> and
>> how to contact him (see also the relicensing thread). Initials don't
>> really scale in this matter as noted on an earlier thread. But having
>> the fullname of the author in the version name, especially with
>> blanks, I'd don't know, I just somehow don't like it.
>
> I also prefer initials. But we should make it a policy that you  
> have to register your initials with SqueakMap before any code is  
> accepted into an official package. Then it becomes very simple to  
> lookup a name, or even display it right there in the dev tools.
>
> Something like this will also be necessary to officially track  
> contributors. The board is discussing that (and tracking historic  
> contributions) with an open-source lawyer right now.
>
> - Bert -
>
>




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