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From: Andrew Ardill <andrew.ardill@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Promoting Git developers
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:17:59 +1100
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On 12 March 2015 at 08:28, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> OK, I've updated the Announce script on the 'todo' branch.  The
> announcement for 2.3.2 I sent out earlier as $gmane/264975 would
> have looked like this.

I think the changes are excellent, and think they add a lot of value
regardless of any other measures that might be introduced, such as Git
Traffic.

At the least it gives long time lurkers, and people who skim the list,
an easy way to put 'names to code', and it promotes the very people
who should be promoted.

Thanks to everyone involved in making this happen.

Regards,

Andrew Ardill