[Buildroot] .mailmap file for Buildroot?

[Buildroot] .mailmap file for Buildroot?

[Markus Mayer via buildroot]

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Hi all,

I was recently faced with the misfortune that my long-standing e-mail
address dating back to 2012 (mmayer@broadcom.com) was discontinued and
no longer works. Of course, I can adjust my submissions going forward,
but existing patches are stuck with the old e-mail address, which can
be confusing, since messages sent to that address will bounce.

The Linux kernel has a .mailmap file for this purpose. This is a
standard feature supported by Git[1] that helps with remapping e-mail
addresses in situations just like this one. Would it make sense to
introduce this mechanism for Buildroot, as well? Surely my e-mail
address is neither the first nor the only one that has gone away over
the years without the person also disappearing. So my feeling is this
might be useful in general.

What are your thoughts?

Thanks,
-Markus

[1] https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/gitmailmap.5.html

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Re: [Buildroot] .mailmap file for Buildroot?

[Fiona Klute via buildroot]

Am 22.10.26 um 23:42 schrieb Markus Mayer via buildroot:
> Hi all,
> 
> I was recently faced with the misfortune that my long-standing e-mail
> address dating back to 2012 (mmayer@broadcom.com) was discontinued and
> no longer works. Of course, I can adjust my submissions going forward,
> but existing patches are stuck with the old e-mail address, which can
> be confusing, since messages sent to that address will bounce.
> 
> The Linux kernel has a .mailmap file for this purpose. This is a
> standard feature supported by Git[1] that helps with remapping e-mail
> addresses in situations just like this one. Would it make sense to
> introduce this mechanism for Buildroot, as well? Surely my e-mail
> address is neither the first nor the only one that has gone away over
> the years without the person also disappearing. So my feeling is this
> might be useful in general.
> 
> What are your thoughts?
I don't see why not, it's not fundamentally different from updating a 
DEVELOPERS entry. Just send a patch with the mapping you need. :-)

Best regards,
Fiona

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Re: [Buildroot] .mailmap file for Buildroot?

[Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2026 at 12:46:23AM +0200, Fiona Klute via buildroot wrote:

> > I was recently faced with the misfortune that my long-standing e-mail
> > address dating back to 2012 (mmayer@broadcom.com) was discontinued and
> > no longer works. Of course, I can adjust my submissions going forward,
> > but existing patches are stuck with the old e-mail address, which can
> > be confusing, since messages sent to that address will bounce.
> > 
> > The Linux kernel has a .mailmap file for this purpose. This is a
> > standard feature supported by Git[1] that helps with remapping e-mail
> > addresses in situations just like this one. Would it make sense to
> > introduce this mechanism for Buildroot, as well? Surely my e-mail
> > address is neither the first nor the only one that has gone away over
> > the years without the person also disappearing. So my feeling is this
> > might be useful in general.
> > 
> > What are your thoughts?
> I don't see why not, it's not fundamentally different from updating a
> DEVELOPERS entry. Just send a patch with the mapping you need. :-)

Agreed, it makes sense to me as well.

Best regards,

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, co-owner and CEO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering and training
https://bootlin.com
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Re: [Buildroot] .mailmap file for Buildroot?

[Markus Mayer via buildroot]

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On Fri, 23 Oct 2026 at 00:29, Thomas Petazzoni
<thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2026 at 12:46:23AM +0200, Fiona Klute via buildroot wrote:
>
> > > I was recently faced with the misfortune that my long-standing e-mail
> > > address dating back to 2012 (mmayer@broadcom.com) was discontinued and
> > > no longer works. Of course, I can adjust my submissions going forward,
> > > but existing patches are stuck with the old e-mail address, which can
> > > be confusing, since messages sent to that address will bounce.
> > >
> > > The Linux kernel has a .mailmap file for this purpose. This is a
> > > standard feature supported by Git[1] that helps with remapping e-mail
> > > addresses in situations just like this one. Would it make sense to
> > > introduce this mechanism for Buildroot, as well? Surely my e-mail
> > > address is neither the first nor the only one that has gone away over
> > > the years without the person also disappearing. So my feeling is this
> > > might be useful in general.
> > >
> > > What are your thoughts?
> > I don't see why not, it's not fundamentally different from updating a
> > DEVELOPERS entry. Just send a patch with the mapping you need. :-)
>
> Agreed, it makes sense to me as well.

Thanks for the feedback. I sent a patch with .mailmap a few minutes ago.

Regards,
-Markus

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