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

Alexandre Bergel Alexandre.Bergel at cs.tcd.ie
Sat Jul 8 18:24:36 UTC 2006


Asking for the initials at each image startup is not something I  
particularly like.
Initial could be store in the preference or in an external file. Or  
even better, ask the OS for it. MacOSX has the info...

Alexandre


Am Jul 8, 2006 um 5:38 PM schrieb Yann Monclair:

> 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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