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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:56:41 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH trival/tree-wide] Change Ryan Mallon's email address
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On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:55:49 +0900
Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:12:50AM +1000, Ryan Mallon wrote:
> > I no longer work at Bluewater Systems. Update my email address accordingly.
> > 
> Is this sort of churn really necessary?

Yes - stale email addresses cause all sorts of problems, particularly if
in the future the address is re-used in the company. It also causes
confusion over who owns and maintains stuff because it's never obvious
whether the resolution of an unknown address is

A.	'user has moved on, follow the user'

B.	'user has moved on, company probably has someone else assigned
	 to it'