Re: [PATCH] mailmap, docs: Update email to carlos.bilbao@xxxxxxxxxx

From: Carlos Bilbao
Date: Sat Jan 25 2025 - 10:37:54 EST


Hello,

On 1/20/25 13:54, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> By records I meant mappings of older to newer emails, which in my head
>> is .mailmap purpose with version control. Do you think some of the
>> mappings as I've added them are redundant and/or problematic?
> My point is that this line, which is in .mailmap now (and which your
> patch preserves):
>
>> Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@xxxxxxxxx> <carlos.bilbao@xxxxxxx>
> ...says to map the @amd.com address to the gmail address. But this new
> line:
>
>> Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@xxxxxxxxxx> <carlos.bilbao@xxxxxxx>
> says to map @amd.com to @kernel.org instead. At best, this is
> nonsensical; at worst, you may not get the full remapping of @amd.com
> that you seem to want. So ... why leave that line in place?


That makes sense, thanks forclarifying. Sending out a patch correcting this
and updating myemail in MAINTAINERS now. Enjoy the weekend!
>
> Thanks,
>
> jon

Regards,
Carlos