linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] new mailmap file for the linux kernel git repository

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Date:	Wed, 16 May 2012 09:10:43 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Philipp Riemer <ruderphilipp@...il.com>
Cc:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Michael Büsch <m@...s.ch>,
	Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...esas.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wang Chen <ellre923@...il.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] new mailmap file for the linux kernel git repository

On Wed, 2012-05-16 at 16:25 +0200, Philipp Riemer wrote:
> This leads to the fact that many people have
> typos in there names or use ".local" or ".(none)" email addresses.
> Hence, Git supports .mailmap files to overcome this and correct known
> mistakes.
[]
> But I would say that
> this file is as good as done.

Why add these entries at all again?

For instance, my name is listed once in your patch.
and I don't see a reason it should be entered at all.

Many developers share a common name and some of
these entries may be not be correct.

Some developers purposefully use multiple email
addresses to allow direct responses to be categorized
on receipt.


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