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Re: [PATCH] Update contrib.texi
- From: Allan McRae <allan at archlinux dot org>
- To: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at redhat dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 11:24:41 +1000
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Update contrib.texi
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On 01/02/14 10:09, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jan 29, 2014, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> Contributors, please let me know if you'd like the blurb against your
>> name modified in any way that reflects your contributions more
>> accurately.
>
>> * manual/contrib.texi: Update entry for Ondrej bilka and Will
>> Newton. Add entries for Steve Ellcey, Chris leonard and Allan
>> McRae.
>
> Thanks for doing this.
>
> In my culture, thanking oneself is quite awkward, so updating my own
> âthanksâ entry is a bit upsetting. I still remember how shocked I was
> when I was told, the first time I attended a GCC Summit, that I was
> supposed to create and update my own entry. âThat can't be right!â was
> my reaction ;-)
>
> I wonder how universal that feeling is, and whether we should promote
> the habit of updating each others' entries, both to avoid this awkward
> situation and as a real indication of gratitude and significance of
> contributions.
Updating this list is on the release maintainers list, so I guess
Updating other peoples entries is technically the situation now. Given
your thread safety documentation is in the process on landing, I will
make sure your entry gets updated accordingly.
Allan