From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
To: Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: gdb.git: author username-to-Full_Name+email map: RFC
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:10:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <873alugs0g.fsf@rho.meyering.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <488DA404.7090700@st.com> (Andrew STUBBS's message of "Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:48:36 +0100")
Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com> wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Part of the conversion job involves compiling the mapping from login name
>> (used in the cvs repository) to the "First Last <email>" that git uses.
>
> A number of those addresses are out of date, and no doubt some of the
> others will be out of date shortly.
>
> Perhaps it's less trouble to simply use <username>@sourceware.org in
> all cases?
The primary goal in this initial conversion process is to make the
[cvs commit login-name] to [real "First Last" name] map accurate.
Think of the email portion as more of a historical record/artifact
(as in the ChangeLog) than something to be kept up to date
like an address list.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-28 11:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-24 17:50 Jim Meyering
[not found] ` <je1w1jgslp.fsf@sykes.suse.de>
2008-07-24 20:39 ` Jim Meyering
2008-07-25 3:28 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2008-07-25 13:41 ` Jim Meyering
2008-07-28 10:49 ` Jim Meyering
2008-07-28 11:36 ` Andrew STUBBS
2008-07-28 20:10 ` Jim Meyering [this message]
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