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Re: gdb.git: author username-to-Full_Name+email map: RFC
- From: Jim Meyering <jim at meyering dot net>
- To: Andrew STUBBS <andrew dot stubbs at st dot com>
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:36:15 +0200
- Subject: Re: gdb.git: author username-to-Full_Name+email map: RFC
- References: <87abg7s2ce.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <488DA404.7090700@st.com>
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 A number of those addresses are out of date, and no doubt some of the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 others will be out of date shortly.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.