linux-kernel - Re: RFC: make MAINTAINERS email addresses easier to copy/paste

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Message-ID: <20080430092752.GC31644@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:27:52 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: make MAINTAINERS email addresses easier to copy/paste

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 04:49:38AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 02:59:56PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > The current MAINTAINERS file format makes it a nuisance to
> > copy both the display name and the actual address.  So
> > I propose that we fold together the current "P:" and "M:"
> > lines using something similar to the filter below.
> 
> Why do you want to copy the real name?  It's entirely superflous for
> mail routing.
I always use the real name in my Cc: tags in my patches.
And I prefer to name people by their name - not their mail address.

So I often use their real name in to: also.
But for me it is easier copy to the Cc: tag that is most important.

	Sam
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