From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: make MAINTAINERS email addresses easier to copy/paste
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:27:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080430092752.GC31644@uranus.ravnborg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080430084938.GA31984@infradead.org>
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 04:49:38AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 02:59:56PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > The current MAINTAINERS file format makes it a nuisance to
> > copy both the display name and the actual address. So
> > I propose that we fold together the current "P:" and "M:"
> > lines using something similar to the filter below.
>
> Why do you want to copy the real name? It's entirely superflous for
> mail routing.
I always use the real name in my Cc: tags in my patches.
And I prefer to name people by their name - not their mail address.
So I often use their real name in to: also.
But for me it is easier copy to the Cc: tag that is most important.
Sam
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-30 9:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-29 20:59 Bjorn Helgaas
2008-04-29 21:00 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2008-04-30 8:03 ` Paul Jackson
2008-04-30 15:06 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2008-04-30 8:08 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-04-30 8:49 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-30 9:27 ` Sam Ravnborg [this message]
2008-04-30 15:51 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2008-04-30 16:04 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-05-02 20:44 ` Pavel Machek
2008-05-04 13:25 ` Rene Herman
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