From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754613AbZHCVME (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Aug 2009 17:12:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754535AbZHCVMD (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Aug 2009 17:12:03 -0400 Received: from 136-022.dsl.LABridge.com ([206.117.136.22]:2585 "EHLO mail.perches.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754502AbZHCVMD (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Aug 2009 17:12:03 -0400 Subject: Re: MAINTAINERS: standardize James Bottomley's name From: Joe Perches To: James Bottomley Cc: Andrew Morton , LKML In-Reply-To: <1249332233.3943.211.camel@mulgrave.site> References: <1249331570.5149.48.camel@Joe-Laptop.home> <1249332233.3943.211.camel@mulgrave.site> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:11:03 -0700 Message-Id: <1249333863.5149.58.camel@Joe-Laptop.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 20:43 +0000, James Bottomley wrote: > On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 13:32 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > His recent patches and sign-offs have not used "E.J." > > > > This reduces the likelihood that get_maintainers.pl will > > list his address twice. > > It is standard: I like my initials; which, per RFC requires the quotes > because it's a mailing address. Then change the other entry. And if you really like your initials, you should probably change the email address format you're using right now and probably the mechanism you use to send your patches and acks as well. Look at the name I'm replying to: (no quotes) "James Bottomley " Right now, if somebody uses get_maintainers.pl on a patch for a file in drivers/scsi, git will find your signoffs as (no quotes) "James Bottomley " and the scripts/get_maintainers.pl will use MAINTAINERS entry of (with quotes) "James E.J. Bottomley " You'll be cc'd twice and .mailmap doesn't have enough information to select your preferred email address. cheers, Joe