Re: Crediting sponsors in release notes?

On May 12, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Selena Deckelmann wrote:
> The overhead of tracking who sponsored what on a feature-by-feature
> basis in release notes seems beyond what volunteers can be expected to
> keep track of. I also wouldn't want to have developer time spent on
> resolving conflicts in release notes about who sponsored what.

I don't think the tracking would be that burdensome as long as people are using good submit messages. For example, searching the commit log for "Enova" would show you everything we sponsored through Command Prompt, because I know Alvaro is good about putting that information in there.

> What we could do at a project level is publish a press release that
> details the companies that sponsored features in the last release. If
> we could get cooperation and help collecting the information from the
> companies involved, I think this would be a very nice addition to the
> press packets that are created for major releases.

Also a good idea! If we see how many companies show up in the release notes, then we'd know if it'd be worth the effort. :)
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