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From: Flavio Stanchina <flavio@stanchina.net>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Broken CREDITS file.
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:21:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40D1709C.8040902@stanchina.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040616190927.003d3859.rddunlap@osdl.org>

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Randy.Dunlap wrote:

> | N: Leonard N. Zubkoff
> I doubt it, since he died in a helicopter crash in Alaska a couple
> of years ago.  However, it seems to be OK with most of us that
> his name stays in the CREDITS file, so don't edit it so quickly.

Do we need an "hit by a bus" flag in the credits file? I think it would 
be a good way to remember people like Leonard *and* make sure that to 
one writes inadequate emails like the parent.

In this particular case,
H: Leonard Zubkoff was killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska on August 
29, 2002

...and maybe an additional
W: http://www.electricpenguin.com/filking/articles/zubkoff.html

Patch is attached.

-- 
Ciao, Flavio

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===== CREDITS 1.119 vs edited =====
--- 1.119/CREDITS	2004-05-29 09:28:48 +02:00
+++ edited/CREDITS	2004-06-17 12:14:42 +02:00
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 	contributed to the Linux project.  It is sorted by name and
 	formatted to allow easy grepping and beautification by
 	scripts.  The fields are: name (N), email (E), web-address
-	(W), PGP key ID and fingerprint (P), description (D), and
-	snail-mail address (S).
+	(W), PGP key ID and fingerprint (P), description (D), an
+	hit-by-a-bus message (H), and snail-mail address (S).
 	Thanks,
 
 			Linus
@@ -3578,7 +3578,9 @@
 S: Germany
 
 N: Leonard N. Zubkoff
+H: Leonard was killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska on August 29, 2002
 W: http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/
+W: http://www.electricpenguin.com/filking/articles/zubkoff.html
 D: BusLogic SCSI driver
 D: Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID driver
 D: Miscellaneous kernel fixes
@@ -3599,6 +3601,6 @@
 
 # Don't add your name here, unless you really _are_ after Marc
 # alphabetically. Leonard used to be very proud of being the 
-# last entry, and he'll get positively pissed if he can't even
-# be second-to-last.  (and this file really _is_ supposed to be
-# in alphabetic order)
+# last entry, and he would get positively pissed if he knew he's
+# not even second-to-last any more.  (and this file really _is_
+# supposed to be in alphabetic order)

      parent reply	other threads:[~2004-06-17 10:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-17  2:03 Broken CREDITS file Plaz McMan
2004-06-17  2:09 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-06-17  2:19   ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-17 10:21   ` Flavio Stanchina [this message]

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