On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 02:39:01PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 08:36:16AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > > Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > > Right. I understood both points. I was wondering about having the bug > > > submitter there. Maybe change the phrasing? > > > > I usually don't list him/her, my changelogs are too long already. I do > > list submitters who send the report by private mail instead of via BTS, > > because othervise they wouldn't have any public record of their help. > > I list the submitter when they have provided a patch, so as to provide for > attribution, and therefore credit or blame, as appropriate.
And also, I suppose, if the submitter did a good job of tracking down the bug and saved me time, and deserved credit for that. -- - mdz
