Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:47:37 +0200 | From | Florian Mickler <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Remove non-MAINTAINERS email address references for Lennert Buytenhek. |
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On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:27:16 +0200 Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 01:20:02PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > > > > This gets rid of all (obsolete as well as still valid) email addresses > > > for Lennert Buytenhek across the tree -- MAINTAINERS should be used for > > > obtaining a valid email address. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org> > > > > Lennert, this is silly. > > > > That email address acts as part of the identification of who you > > are, and is part of the copyright. > > The problem is that half of them are out of date. I at first sent a > patch to change them all over to buytenh@wantstofly.org, but then got: > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129858453409012&w=2 > > which seemed sensible. :-/
What about the .mailmap file in the kernel source tree? ( man git-shortlog )
That is honoured at least by git and scripts/get_maintainers.pl ...
You'll want to add lines of the form: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org> Lennert Buytenhek <old address>
I guess...
Regards, Flo
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