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RE: Please help me change the login name of my account at gcc.gnu.org
- From: "Bin Cheng" <bin dot cheng at arm dot com>
- To: "'Ian Lance Taylor'" <ian at airs dot com>
- Cc: <overseers at gcc dot gnu dot org>,"Richard Earnshaw" <Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 14:13:35 +0800
- Subject: RE: Please help me change the login name of my account at gcc.gnu.org
- References: <003d01cce645$0bc05df0$234119d0$@cheng@arm.com> <20120208152842.GE18167@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <003e01cce6ca$75ff9c50$61fed4f0$@cheng@arm.com> <m3ty30h7fw.fsf@pepe.airs.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Lance Taylor [mailto:ian@airs.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:01 PM
> To: Bin Cheng
> Cc: overseers@gcc.gnu.org; Richard Earnshaw
> Subject: Re: Please help me change the login name of my account at
gcc.gnu.org
>
> "Bin Cheng" <bin.cheng@arm.com> writes:
>
> > Thanks, Will the login name be used in svn log? It might be confusing
for
> > others
> > to find who is "amker", since it is invisible usually. Is it an issue?
>
> The login name will be in svn log, but don't worry about it. Many
> people have patches committed by others, so the name in svn log has no
> reliable connection to the author of the patch. The ChangeLog file is
> the only reliable guide to who wrote the patch.
>
> Ian
HI,
Thanks for explanation, I will live with this info if no other comments:).
Thanks