email mangling (Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls cmp.c extern.h ls.1 ls.c ls.h print.c util.c

Dag-Erling Smørgrav des at des.no
Fri Mar 24 18:43:07 UTC 2006


John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j at resnet.uoregon.edu> writes:
> After a user complained about me putting his email address in a
> commit message, I have adopted the policy of just using the person's
> name..  Yes, email adresses are the internet's unique ID, but, the
> name is still unique enough for most things..

Nowhere near unique enough.

Alan Cox lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is a famous radio
presenter.  Alan Cox lives in Swansea, England and is Linus Torvalds's
right-hand man.  Alan Cox lives in Houston, Texas and is a FreeBSD
committer.  Alan Cox is a British actor working in Hollywood, though
he is not nearly as famous as Matt Dillon...

DES
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