From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33300208CD for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2017 10:19:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752420AbdHTKS7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Aug 2017 06:18:59 -0400 Received: from mail-pg0-f67.google.com ([74.125.83.67]:33280 "EHLO mail-pg0-f67.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751753AbdHTKS6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Aug 2017 06:18:58 -0400 Received: by mail-pg0-f67.google.com with SMTP id n4so4973278pgn.0 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2017 03:18:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:date :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=UrbbLLND2ZPl1wIsG/SOy+XIgTND43uQ7Me5gUP5Q+w=; b=B3Gt0oBHUWhula/01vakfDtDRImUB3eEUI2U6xhKN501xFWB31/jDU0nmBkkCyLK6a 2E3wVPFA6s4oNlyGL+MNLJjw2c//mwXllHzE6PA1d4XinXW/WvYs8pvpzzPGC57tglen E1Ka6A+xFWG/IPIlzSodXkq3OpPU9wUitoSB+biSFXXipX+PVl2y9fnCrJvUNYam3WrY 3wRAmqDsi1pm+g8DyhQVISGu4X3U1GQ7JsZloA++FP/38Xn3Au8oKY5nsc80RUKBKyxV VfCL6gj2IJUhqZKrXaNByPmuJelAOe4juPB2mWaprrzJG6hovF4WYcVbD9eNnspdgVuW rHTg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to :references:date:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=UrbbLLND2ZPl1wIsG/SOy+XIgTND43uQ7Me5gUP5Q+w=; b=U4zJfrftbweulwwh63SfGR66f1dsPokNHvbtiEPnkAhc83wPNfuVz0WSFHsUAS0K5M ehcikNx1IEq1Mi2c5HGfWtjDzHDf6rvo9l3jCaojIREU/ubdYSoMBdQ6HlLXMBbRFF0l V22NK1vPuZqQj+pmZmfS+8vR4K4RGr8vTAMWNE9rSk1YWeAQYeaxPGufzWtt4NWsc5fH AYfxUNGw/xckKF+9kQjzrmwDZ0wLPnXgukVF17o8IFQJageCSUUtbRTwFEO6BMhakwP7 hyUAzc12CVATUjweMDM6K8MXCjVEpQb6H52SN8z1bP7ZC5DL02iKvlrf7zS8ooLldT1C WFfA== X-Gm-Message-State: AHYfb5hZ0TSyasvySknqz0tNIPDf+spEwpR4iE2MVK7qGE+9fY9H1pqm sqXbTUvjTgnv5A== X-Received: by 10.99.51.140 with SMTP id z134mr9181955pgz.247.1503224337934; Sun, 20 Aug 2017 03:18:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unique-pc ([14.102.72.146]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id u186sm18398785pfu.82.2017.08.20.03.18.53 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 20 Aug 2017 03:18:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1503224389.2116.5.camel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Please fix the useless email prompts From: Kaartic Sivaraam To: Jeff King , Jeffrey Walton Cc: Junio C Hamano , Git List In-Reply-To: <20170820091807.l23h44gnjajfv5bn@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20170820091807.l23h44gnjajfv5bn@sigill.intra.peff.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:49:49 +0530 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 3.22.6-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Cyberoam-smtpxy-version: 1.0.6.3 X-Cyberoam-AV-Policy: default X-CTCH-Error: Unable to connect local ctasd Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2017-08-20 at 05:18 -0400, Jeff King wrote: > Ironically, Git used to behave as you requested in 2005. After being > bombarded with complaints about how Git was too lax in creating commits > with bogus ident information, we changed it in 2012. So I don't think > "it's 2017" carries any weight as an argument. > I would like to go with the "don't create commits with bogus ident". "bogus idents" seem to go against the notion of a "content tracker" which should *help* identifying the user who was the reason behind the change. It shoudln't encourage users to create "anonymous changes". Thus an "anonymous user" seems to completely obscure the meaning of a "content tracker", at least in my opinion Moreover, there's no tool that can satisfy *all* of it's users because Humans are so diverse in their thoughts and behaviour. -- Kaartic