From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Cc: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>,
jidanni@jidanni.org, gitster@pobox.com, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clarify git-format-patch --in-reply-to
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:07:25 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vhc4z7oia.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081219222209.GG21154@genesis.frugalware.org> (Miklos Vajna's message of "Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:22:09 +0100")
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> writes:
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 06:51:35AM +0900, Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> wrote:
>> I understand that "Signed-off-by" is about code ownership and thought
>> that the official history prefers to have a real name instead of a
>> pseudonym. Perhaps you would want to say "Dan Jacobson
>> <jidanni@jidanni.org>" or something similar?
>
> I don't think it's a requirement, see 2b36b14 for example. Though yes,
> in general it's considered childish to hide behind a nickname, instead
> of using your real name. (ESR has a section about this in the "hacker
> howto".)
An earlier mistake does not justify adding new ones. Besides, I think
ALASCM once revealed his "real name" on the list.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-19 23:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-17 20:53 git-format-patch patch jidanni
2008-12-17 21:55 ` Miklos Vajna
2008-12-18 8:35 ` Jeff King
2008-12-18 8:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-12-19 19:12 ` [PATCH] Clarify git-format-patch --in-reply-to jidanni
2008-12-19 22:01 ` Bernt Hansen
2008-12-19 21:51 ` Nanako Shiraishi
2008-12-19 22:22 ` Miklos Vajna
2008-12-19 23:07 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2008-12-20 0:20 ` [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: mention the usage of real name in Signed-off-by: lines Miklos Vajna
2008-12-20 0:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-12-20 0:52 ` Miklos Vajna
2008-12-19 22:27 ` [PATCH] Clarify git-format-patch --in-reply-to jidanni
2008-12-19 22:33 ` Miklos Vajna
2008-12-19 23:20 ` just can't live without a user.name jidanni
2008-12-20 0:08 ` Miklos Vajna
2008-12-20 0:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-12-20 0:36 ` jidanni
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