Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Dec 2006 22:32:00 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] Tigran Aivazian: remove bouncing email addresses |
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On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 09:08:56PM +0000, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
Hi Tigran,
> I have only now had time to read your patch and reject most of it --- the > email addresses in the revision histories etc are for historical purposes > and as such are very useful. They are NOT meant to be valid except at the > moment of time when they are written. The only purpose of email address in > the revision history is the indication where the person worked _at the > time_.
as I explained with my email address as an example, email addresses aren't suitable for this.
> The only bits that should be made sure to remain valid are the > MODULE_AUTHOR, as Arjan also mentioned.
Even the "please contact the author" and the printk() should continue to contain known bouncing addresses?
> Also, it is very strange that I have _not_ received your original email > containing the patch --- I only saw it now via lkml archive.
I haven't yet gotten a bounce from tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk.
Do you have a spamfilter? Or a provider doing some kind of email filtering?
> Kind regards > Tigran
cu Adrian
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