From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10547 invoked by alias); 28 Jul 2008 11:36:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 10537 invoked by uid 22791); 28 Jul 2008 11:36:36 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx.meyering.net (HELO mx.meyering.net) (82.230.74.64) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:36:18 +0000 Received: by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister, from userid 1000) id C634E6A7F1; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:36:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Jim Meyering To: Andrew STUBBS Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: gdb.git: author username-to-Full_Name+email map: RFC In-Reply-To: <488DA404.7090700@st.com> (Andrew STUBBS's message of "Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:48:36 +0100") References: <87abg7s2ce.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <488DA404.7090700@st.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:10:00 -0000 Message-ID: <873alugs0g.fsf@rho.meyering.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-07/txt/msg00279.txt.bz2 Andrew STUBBS 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 " 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 A number of those addresses are out of date, and no doubt some of the 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 others will be out of date shortly.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 @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.