From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2595AC433DB for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:48:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAD0661966 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:48:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229913AbhCVDrh (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Mar 2021 23:47:37 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]:31953 "EHLO us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229771AbhCVDrb (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Mar 2021 23:47:31 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1616384851; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=y9kawU6n1KhxJBXq1O64HGcGvrwxvRhP2Qm/bXTivEA=; b=NZySUY1dW/z3ks4fGlfv9buaLV67/TVmeKVU+AWT6LJjKnCxMtpfbOMpZpMrYgamUrhNY+ Q5VUd3vEkEOcou8+TCozzw+7mtYccm8s/HKe0ilBUENcCSXP+QuhvxqoQgMR5LXbJj9evT fPFGYhTNvvMEkK4wsIGm4Zd0SNfLKAs= Received: from mail-pl1-f198.google.com (mail-pl1-f198.google.com [209.85.214.198]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-156-yLzbjI0kPyacQ5OCsJJkxQ-1; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 23:47:29 -0400 X-MC-Unique: yLzbjI0kPyacQ5OCsJJkxQ-1 Received: by mail-pl1-f198.google.com with SMTP id g7so26274671pll.11 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:47:29 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=y9kawU6n1KhxJBXq1O64HGcGvrwxvRhP2Qm/bXTivEA=; b=ALfD2CVgNx17l20bxMaiGoDJTuKx5FcxT8sQqAH6k9tEv/H/xPJbVpLwHkonitzPOH oa+RiIJsIQ/vAA9ssjjo7wj5mYI0VcEaVEHExAC0qP1purm17srTCGeiJhIToAuiY8RQ +1+CastbMvvESNm/+Cz+o6q6b3q+lSXibvZirVUN/HQTgNNVCSo/lgoFovxWCMU6DQQa RHSAF5qGgrwetmDMJWhFtaIH7J4Nt4m2POk0o9vGIu8lEN+KrIe+OFDs5CE6WNQZvdh9 D7AhjuYSeffX8TCotiIpYVv/ifd7wtLHLpRfqcuPEj1UXtCwzBMTmgz/0QWErZmE8aFy 24vg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531PXHFLbyj2qcpTdDUhFUHvSiaQR7CTHjeoYxvxo7CFk8BaLUHp kG0A0Q6+A5ksjvt6VLlrGXEK3ioUkFkBvayXdI1LQbGkVr1sCwzcYx1MLT+giZIKraIKLuirqsD /kNk5N2f2vra9wrnYUVKhRZoP X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:17c3:: with SMTP id q61mr10714086pja.58.1616384848550; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:47:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwLB8VuWu6DqX0e7uTk+HF2/TnK6sA7AMpTdCiTKQKDuIsxD0l1C3UVhIUT/i6ixUzwNjkM8w== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:17c3:: with SMTP id q61mr10714071pja.58.1616384848271; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:47:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xiangao.remote.csb ([209.132.188.80]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v134sm11785903pfc.182.2021.03.21.20.47.25 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:47:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 11:47:17 +0800 From: Gao Xiang To: Theodore Ts'o Cc: "zhangyi (F)" , Linus Torvalds , Ext4 Developers List , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] ext4 fixes for v5.12 Message-ID: <20210322034717.GA1937141@xiangao.remote.csb> References: <20210322030513.GA1925732@xiangao.remote.csb> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 11:36:10PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:05:13AM +0800, Gao Xiang wrote: > > I think the legel name would be "Zhang Yi" (family name goes first [1]) > > according to > > The Chinese phonetic alphabet spelling rules for Chinese names [2]. > > > > Indeed, that is also what the legel name is written in alphabet on our > > passport or credit/debit cards. > > > > Also, many official English-written materials use it in that way, for > > example, a somewhat famous bastetball player Yao Ming [3][4][5]. > > > > That is what I wrote my own name as this but I also noticed the western > > ordering of names is quite common for Chinese people in Linux kernel. > > Anyway, it's just my preliminary personal thought (might be just my > > own perference) according to (I think, maybe) formal occasions. > Hi Ted, > Yeah, there doesn't seem to be a lot of consistency with the ordering > of Chinese names when they are written in Roman characters. Some > people put the family name first, and other people will put the > personal (first) name first. In some cases it may be because the > developer in question is living in America, and so they've decided to > use the American naming convention. (Two example of this are former > ext4 developers Mingming Cao and Jiaying Zhang, who live in Portland > and Los Angelos, and their family names are Cao and Zhang, > respectively.) Yes, totally agree. I think that's all our own perference honestly (yet just showed some local official materials though.) > > My personal opinion is people should use whatever name they are > comfortable with, using whatever characters they prefer. The one Totally agree. > thing that would be helpful for me is for people to give a hint about > how they would prefer to be called --- for example, would you prefer > that start an e-mail with the salutation, "Hi Gao", "Hi Xiang", or "Hi > Gao Xiang"? Honestly, I think either way would be fine on this even in Chinese speaking environment... > > And if I don't know, and I guess wrong, please feel free to correct > me, either privately, or publically on the e-mail list, if you think > it would be helpful for more people to understand how you'd prefer to > be called. Nope, it's just a minor stuff though. I didn't tend to give any direct/ indirect opinion or hint on this. Sorry about that if some misleading :) Thanks, Gao Xiang > > Cheers, > > - Ted >