linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] NFSD changes for v6.16

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Message-ID: <20250528-wise-platinum-pony-ea6f62@lemur>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 16:18:08 -0400
From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Chuck Lever <cel@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] NFSD changes for v6.16

On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 12:38:58PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Can you fix your kernel.org email sending setup so that you have a
> real name, not just your login name?
> 
> This is not your fault, btw. I think the kernel.org email sending
> documentation is actively misleading and wrong, with
> 
>     https://korg.docs.kernel.org/mail.html
> 
> and the 'getsmtppass' output saying that you should do things like
> 
>     from  = "[username]@kernel.org"
> 
> in your git config (or mutt settings), like you were some kind of bot
> that didn't have an actual name.
> 
> Konstantin, can we please get the kernel.org documentation and
> getsmtpass output fixed? We had somebody else who also ended up being
> nameless (Ingo, I think) due to following the documentation a bit too
> slavishly.

I've updated it to say:

    from = "Your Name <[username]@kernel.org>"

So, if you receive mail from a bunch of people called "Your Name", at least
you'll know that they are reading the documentation (and still following it a
bit too slavishly). :)

-K