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From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] linux-2.6.17-rc3-git13 fs/proc/array.c
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 19:37:14 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060509193714.GE12272@parisc-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <445EDBCA.9080702@gmail.com>

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On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 10:49:32AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 10:58:45AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 09:40:10AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > Doesn't matter, we still need a real name.  It's not a legal issue but a
> > > "trace the blame" issue.
> > 
> > A pseudonym + email address performs acceptably for "trace the blame".
> > So I don't see how your two statements are related.
> 
> It's a matter of trust.  If you want to trust us to take your changes,
> you need to show that you trust us enough to be willing to accept
> recgonition for those changes.  By using a pseudonym, you are not
> showing a whole lot of trust, and by using it, it take a whole lot more
> effort to get that trust.
> 
> That being said, there are a few pseudonyms out there that I do trust,
> just because they have been around for years and show that they are
> trustworthy people.

So ... there's no reason to turn down someone's changes, simply because
they use a pseudonym?  Thanks for clearing that up.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-05-09 19:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-08  5:48 [KJ] [PATCH] linux-2.6.17-rc3-git13 fs/proc/array.c Anne Thrax
2006-05-08  6:44 ` Nishanth Aravamudan
2006-05-08  7:27 ` Anne Thrax
2006-05-08 15:18 ` Nishanth Aravamudan
2006-05-08 16:40 ` Greg KH
2006-05-08 16:58 ` Nishanth Aravamudan
2006-05-08 16:58 ` Matthew Wilcox
2006-05-08 17:49 ` Greg KH
2006-05-09 19:37 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2006-05-09 19:44 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2006-05-10 22:15 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-05-11  0:46 ` Nishanth Aravamudan

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