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

From: Al Viro
Date: Fri Jun 01 2012 - 12:45:54 EST


On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 10:41:06AM +0200, Philipp Riemer wrote:
> Does your comment in parentheses mean that your "ftp.linux.org.uk" and
> "www.linux.org.uk" addresses
> (c|sh)ould be mapped onto "zeniv.linux.org.uk"?

ftp.linux.org.uk and zeniv.linux.org.uk are the same box; both variants
will work, but I prefer to use the latter in signoffs, etc.
www.linux.org.uk is an unrelated system and I have no idea if it'll
forward the mail sent to viro@... over to zeniv. No reason for it
to do so...

> If no-one would care about correct name mappings, why does the
> .mailmap file in Git exist at all?

No idea.

> Or websites like Linux Kernel Patch
> Statistic
> <http://www.remword.com/kps_result/>?

Because people are prone to masturbation? "Nation by line", my arse...
What next? Number and ages of children[1]? What a sad bunch of wankers...

[1] which probably _is_ a significant factor, unlike citizenship/nationality/
whatever the hell they meant there.
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