Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Jun 2012 17:45:18 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] new mailmap file for the linux kernel git repository |
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On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 10:41:06AM +0200, Philipp Riemer wrote: > Does your comment in parentheses mean that your "ftp.linux.org.uk" and > "www.linux.org.uk" addresses > (c|sh)ould be mapped onto "zeniv.linux.org.uk"?
ftp.linux.org.uk and zeniv.linux.org.uk are the same box; both variants will work, but I prefer to use the latter in signoffs, etc. www.linux.org.uk is an unrelated system and I have no idea if it'll forward the mail sent to viro@... over to zeniv. No reason for it to do so...
> If no-one would care about correct name mappings, why does the > .mailmap file in Git exist at all?
No idea.
> Or websites like Linux Kernel Patch > Statistic > <http://www.remword.com/kps_result/>?
Because people are prone to masturbation? "Nation by line", my arse... What next? Number and ages of children[1]? What a sad bunch of wankers...
[1] which probably _is_ a significant factor, unlike citizenship/nationality/ whatever the hell they meant there.
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