[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Quote non-alphanumeric email addresses

[Joe Perches]

Add quotes around email address with periods and commas.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 10:48 +0800, Harry Wei wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 10:38:06AM +0800, harryxiyou wrote:
> > From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > On Sat, 2011-02-19 at 17:48 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > On Wed 2011-02-09 19:17:52, David Miller wrote:
> > > > From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > I suspect that some mail clients will explode if you provide them with
> > > > > an unquoted string containing periods.  That would make copy-n-paste
> > > > > rather a hassle.
> > > > It's not clients, it's servers.
> > > > SMTP rules state that characters such as "." cannot appear
> > > > unquoted in email headers.
> > > > vger.kernel.org rejects mail when this violation occurs.
> > > Ok, but should not MUA do this quotation? Quick test shows that mutt
> > does...
> > My recollection is that the get_maintainer script
> > cannot parse M: lines with multiple entries with
> > periods without the quotes.
> > M:      First I. Last <fil@xxxxxxx>, Last.I.First <lif@xxxxxxx>
> > fails and
> > M:      "First I. Last" <fil@xxxxxxx>, "Last.I.First" <lif@xxxxxxx>
> > succeeds.
> > You are welcome to improve the parsing in that routine.
> In order to improve the parsing in that routine we should remove all
> the the double-quotation-marks in the MAINTAINERS ?

No, that'd be wrong before improving parsing and
verifying that all currently used client/MUAs work
without quotes.

> Maybe we have other better ways?  Tell me and i will patch for us.

I think leaving the quotes is the right thing to do.

Quoting names that have non alphanumeric
characters before any open angle bracket '<'
is better than remove quotes.

 MAINTAINERS |   10 +++++-----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index e45eabe..af586f8 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ L:	linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (moderated for non-subscribers)
 S:	Maintained
 
 ARM/TETON BGA MACHINE SUPPORT
-M:	Mark F. Brown <mark.brown314@xxxxxxxxx>
+M:	"Mark F. Brown" <mark.brown314@xxxxxxxxx>
 L:	linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (moderated for non-subscribers)
 S:	Maintained
 
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ F:	drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
 
 BLUETOOTH DRIVERS
 M:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
-M:	Gustavo F. Padovan <padovan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+M:	"Gustavo F. Padovan" <padovan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 L:	linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 W:	http://www.bluez.org/
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/padovan/bluetooth-2.6.git
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ F:	drivers/bluetooth/
 
 BLUETOOTH SUBSYSTEM
 M:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
-M:	Gustavo F. Padovan <padovan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+M:	"Gustavo F. Padovan" <padovan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 L:	linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 W:	http://www.bluez.org/
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/padovan/bluetooth-2.6.git
@@ -2909,7 +2909,7 @@ F:	Documentation/blockdev/cpqarray.txt
 F:	drivers/block/cpqarray.*
 
 HEWLETT-PACKARD SMART ARRAY RAID DRIVER (hpsa)
-M:	Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+M:	"Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 L:	iss_storagedev@xxxxxx
 S:	Supported
 F:	Documentation/scsi/hpsa.txt
@@ -4197,7 +4197,7 @@ F:	Documentation/serial/moxa-smartio
 F:	drivers/char/mxser.*
 
 MSI LAPTOP SUPPORT
-M:	Lee, Chun-Yi <jlee@xxxxxxxxxx>
+M:	"Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@xxxxxxxxxx>
 L:	platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/platform/x86/msi-laptop.c


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