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X-BeenThere: buildroot@buildroot.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion and development of buildroot List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot Reply-To: Thomas Petazzoni Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "buildroot" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-26) on aws-us-west-2-korg-listserv-alma10-1 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 _______________________________________________ buildroot mailing list buildroot@buildroot.org https://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot