Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:23:53 +0200 | From | Florian Mickler <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] scripts/get_maintainer.pl: fix .mailmap handling |
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:20:35 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 06:59 +0200, Florian Mickler wrote:
> @ret is not descriptive. > Yeah, it's an array. > An array of what? > btw: @list was sub-optimal too.
:) ok.
> As we discussed privately, yes, .mailmap handling was broken > but both of us seem to think that it's not even necessary as > most .mailmap entries are created manually and it's not > up-to-date. Name de-duplication is more effective.
No, no. I think .mailmap mangling should be applied before grouping
name <address>
together by name.
> And, I do ack a patch after I think it is ready to be applied. > Until then, I note what I see as shortcomings and defects.
I send the patch with the removed #print as a reply.
> > cheers, Joe >
Regards, Flo
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