Re: Git Migration Status

[Rich Pixley <rich.pixley@palm.com>]

Otavio Salvador wrote:
> Rolf Leggewie <no2spam@nospam.arcornews.de> writes
>> Richard Purdie wrote:
>>     
>>> There is also the issue of commit ID naming. I'm tempted to propose we
>>> use commit IDs with a domain such as userid@developers.openembedded.org.
>>>       
>> I think something under openembedded.org is a good idea for several
>> reasons.  But how about userid@dev.openembedded.org?
>>     
> I disagree. Using real mail address give a real view of who can be
> sponsoring work and using OE.
Seems to me the point is to have commit id's which encourage and support 
responsibility.  Since we know each other primarily by email id's, (and 
yes, these change periodically), it seems completely reasonable to me to 
request that these be done using functional email addresses.  They may 
or may not represent a, (potentially temporary), work assignment or 
employment.  For someone who frequently changes work assignments or 
employment, a more generic address, either a personal one, or a cut-out 
or email forwarder like gmail intended specifically for that purpose 
might be appropriate.

I read the suggestion as meaning that it should, in general, be possible 
for me as a developer and/or consumer to contact the author of a 
particular commit, which sounds completely appropriate to me, at least 
superficially.  If the commit id's aren't email addresses, then we'd 
need to use some other mapping to figure out how to contact commit 
authors.  Or are there other ways to handle this already?

--rich