Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Dec 2006 22:40:43 +0100 | From | "Jesper Juhl" <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] Tigran Aivazian: remove bouncing email addresses |
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On 01/12/06, Hua Zhong <hzhong@gmail.com> wrote: > I am curious, what's the point? > > These email addresses serve a "historical" purpose: they tell when the contribution was made, what the author's email addresses > were at that point. > > It's not MAINTAINERS. If people want to contact someone, go find the latest address there. > Yes, MAINTAINERS is the preferred location for maintainer info, but when there is no entry in maintainers (or when the person listed there is not responsive), many people (including me) use the names or email addresses listed in source files as people to contact. So it's nice when the email addresses are up to date.
In my opinion the addresses should be working ones or not present at all (or at the very least there should be a note that the email address is outdated).
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