[PATCH] Update contrib.texi

[Mike Frysinger]

On Saturday, February 01, 2014 11:24:41 Allan McRae wrote:
> 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
> > “thanks” 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.  “That can't be right!” 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.

since we retain authorship info in git, it should be easy to script it now 
right ?
-mike
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