lake: add author to lakefile by default?
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Lake
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RFC
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- Lean
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Description
Cargo does this (I think it pulls it from git author info) and it's another nice little ergonomic thing.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by inspecting how lakefiles represent package metadata and compare that behavior with Cargo's author handling and git author information. The issue is complete when a lakefile receives a sensible default author without requiring manual configuration, with the resulting behavior verified in the relevant Lake workflow.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100