linux-kernel - get_maintainer.pl and change of email

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Message-ID: <CAKwvOdmuXvM0qF0zy15Q9yfCUNr+Kd4jDTcERWg1R-R2zDNuTA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 1 Aug 2018 11:36:23 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     joe@...ches.com
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: get_maintainer.pl and change of email

It seems that get_maintainer.pl will make recommendations based on
commit history to a file, but over time, people change emails that
they commit from, then get_maintainer.pl recommends the possibly now
invalid email address.

I feel like we should have a look up table / file like MAINTAINERS
that tracks previous and new email addresses, which get_maintainer.pl
would parse, that way we have a record of movement between committer
email addresses allowing get_maintainer.pl to make more accurate
recommendations.  Thoughts?
-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers