From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: What's in a name? Let's use a (uuid,name,email) triplet Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:40:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <4ba2293f.c5c2f10a.5e9c.5c4a@mx.google.com> <9e4733911003181202h23b3d702xce8fc0670a994d52@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Jon Smirl , git@vger.kernel.org To: Michael Witten X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Mar 18 20:43:11 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsLcd-0007WX-3V for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:43:11 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751720Ab0CRTnF (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:43:05 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:33951 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751143Ab0CRTnC (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:43:02 -0400 Received: from imap1.linux-foundation.org (imap1.linux-foundation.org [140.211.169.55]) by smtp1.linux-foundation.org (8.14.2/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id o2IJh0It016944 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:43:01 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by imap1.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id o2IJgxrA011929; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:43:00 -0700 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.449 required=5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4-osdl_revision__1.47__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: lf$Revision: 1.188 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 140.211.169.13 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Thu, 18 Mar 2010, Michael Witten wrote: > > What a uuid provides is that very property of long-term attachment; a > git user can change the name/email pair but keep the same uuid. I don't think you understand what "attachment" means. Think about your wife, your kids, or your pet. THAT is attachment. Random 16-letter letter-jumble? No. People will _never_ care. They'll simply not care. It's true that people _already_ don't care too much about their emails, and that typos and simply job changes (or annoying ISP's) will change them. But that would be orders of magnitude _worse_ with something like a uuid. > It IS a name/email pair (if you want or if that is enforced); it's > just one that isn't as volatile. Don't be an idiot. Try to think like a HUMAN. Not a computer scientist. And ponder. It's a _social_ issue, not a "let's tattoo this uuid on everybody". Linus