Re: 463 kernel developers missing!

From: Jon Smirl
Date: Wed Jul 30 2008 - 16:27:58 EST


On 7/30/08, Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 30-07-08 21:41, Rene Herman wrote:
>
>
> > So, if you were doing more than responding to Adrian's DCO worry here
> (which I do not share) the above is what I have against harvesting the
> addresses into a _way_ too public place/format. It's a matter of scale; as
> opposed to the SCM metadata, your tree itself is way too public to put
> anything in without very definite and explicit approval. I feel.
> >
>
> This, Jon, by the way also suggests something which I would consider much
> better; _keep_ it as SCM metadata in some less-accesible format under .git/

The decision to keep it in .mailmap format was made before I was
involved. A smaller .mailmap has been in the tree since 2007. Existing
tools will need to be changed if the location is moved.

>
> I doubt anyone's going to come up with an objection then. It's already in
> that exact same spot after all.
>
> Rene.
>


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