Re: [Ksummit-discuss] TAB non-nomination

Joe Perches
2018-11-11T00:13:25Z

On Sat, 2018-11-10 at 16:21 -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 11:23:26AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > I believe that did not happen as described as at least
> > I was not asked for input/comment/sign-off and I ahm
> > well within that top 200 or so list.
>
> I'm not sure precisely which metrics Greg used when he created his
> list, but using "git log --since="July 2017" v4.18" and piping it into
> the perl script I use to count Signed-off-by, Acked-by, and
> Reviewed-by, lines, you're about #240; so you're in the top 250, but
> not the top 200.

Acks are nearly useless as a metric.
Non-primary Sign-offs are less so.

By author is a rather more useful one.

$ git shortlog -n -s --since=<foo>

Separating whitespace/checkpatch style patches
from actual defect fixes and other enhancements is,
of course, a more difficult automation problem.