Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Philipp Riemer <> | | Date | Wed, 16 May 2012 19:01:54 +0200 | | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] new mailmap file for the linux kernel git repository |
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2012/5/16 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@gmail.com>: > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Philipp Riemer <ruderphilipp@gmail.com> wrote: >>> For instance, my name is listed once in your patch. >>> and I don't see a reason it should be entered at all. >> Your name appears in the list because I did a search and you are >> listed with three "different" entries: >> * Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> >> * joe@perches.com <joe@perches.com> >> * Joe Perches <joe@perches.ccom> >> >> Actually, I just realized that I even forgot to add the entry for the >> ".ccom" and will add it before re-submitting. >> >>> Many developers share a common name and some of >>> these entries may be not be correct. >> I will re-check every entry again (based on the type of contribution/ >> part of interest/ company) before re-submitting. >> >>> Some developers purposefully use multiple email >>> addresses to allow direct responses to be categorized >>> on receipt. >> I must agree that I did not consider this point. I will have a look >> and might change some entries accordingly. > > You also have additions here for emails addresses that are now defunct. > At least two of the ibm.com additions you have are like that. People > move companies, etc. > > josh Hello Josh, thanks for your feedback.
I thought about the fact that over time people move companies. In my case, I try to do some kind of time series analysis and thus it might be interesting to see who was employed but now works as a freelancer etc. Here, the opinion of other people who analyze the kernel such as Wang Chen, Greg KH, or Jonathan Corbet might be interesting...
I also considered to always use only the current mail address but, while it might help when e.g. searching for a person to contact for a specific problem, in my eyes this would destroy parts of the history of the LK. Hence, I decided to keep all addresses for each contact while tried to condense/ correct them.
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