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

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Message-ID: <CAFU-uVtwXc7gUWtrV5GdWCNV5m+92fRWDm7Y+2Bbb2stxeuSow@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 1 Jun 2012 18:23:58 +0200
From:	Philipp Riemer <ruderphilipp@...il.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Michael Büsch <m@...s.ch>,
	Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...esas.com>,
	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wang Chen <ellre923@...il.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] new mailmap file for the linux kernel git repository

2012/6/1 Philipp Riemer <ruderphilipp@...il.com>:
> 2012/6/1 Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>:
>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 06:08:48PM +0200, Philipp Riemer wrote:
>>> updated mailmap file for LK repository
>>>
>>> The current version of the .mailmap file does only capture a fraction of errors
>>> and ambiguity when looking at developers emails and names. Hence, this revised
>>> version tries to address many more names and, as a result, to clarify maintainer
>>> information. Issues addressed:
>>>  - Typos in names
>>>  - Typos in mails
>>>  - Mapping of ambiguous mail adresses (e.g. {aa@...cc, aa@...e.(none),
>>>    aa@...top.bb.cc,...} becomes {aa@...cc}) but keeping LKML specific ones
>>>  - Mapping of names to entries with only email information
>>>  - Correct usage of special character (e.g. German umlauts)
>>>  - Harmonization of position and style of last name (no more all-caps names
>>>    like "First LAST" or those of "Last, First")
>>>  - No initials in names if not necessary
>>>  - Conversion of email addresses to lower case
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Philipp Riemer <ruderphilipp@...il.com>
>>> ---
>>> Finally I am back from my trip through Germany and after attending
>>> LinuxTag in Berlin last week, reading Documentation/SubmittingPatches,
>>> and checking other patch submissions, I give this topic finally a new
>>> try...  Hopefully my submission confirms to the LK standards this
>>> time. I can certify that this contribution was conscientiously created
>>> in whole by me and therefore added the sign-off message.
>>>
>>> Please pull from
>>>
>>>               git://github.com/ruderphilipp/linux.git mailmap-changes
>>>
>>> to get the changes in the attached patch file (since even the
>>> web-interface of GMail wraps lines) -- or simply inspect/apply that
>>> file directly.
>>>
>>> $ git diffstat upstream/master..origin/mailmap-changes .mailmap
>>>  .mailmap | 2482 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>  1 file changed, 2444 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
>>
>> Where did you get some of these email addresses from?  My "kroah.org"
>> entries never showed up in the kernel commit logs, nor are they valid email
>> addresses, so why did you add them to the file?
>>
>> greg k-h
>
> Hi Greg,
> I re-checked that with the current linux git repository from Linux and
should actually be "current linux git repository from Linus at kernel.org"...
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