From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268527AbUHaXBd (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:01:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268677AbUHaW7N (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:59:13 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:44528 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S268527AbUHaW4n (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:56:43 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 00:56:34 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pedro_m@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [patch] update email address of Pedro Roque Marques (fwd) Message-ID: <20040831225634.GZ3466@fs.tum.de> References: <20040831221353.GX3466@fs.tum.de> <20040831153853.7a40c6cb.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040831153853.7a40c6cb.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 03:38:53PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > The patch below (already ACK'ed by Pedro Roque Marques) updates his > > email address. > > Sigh. People move all the time. Methinks it would be better to just put > your name into the .c files and force people to consult MAINTAINERS/CREDITS > to find the email address. I have no strong opinion on this issue. All I dislike are email addresses that bounce when sending a Cc of a patch. But how do you plan to handle the email addresses in MODULE_AUTHOR? Most people who see them don't have a MAINTAINERS/CREDITS on their computer (the same is true for email addresses in printk's). cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed