From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clarify git-format-patch --in-reply-to Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:07:25 -0800 Message-ID: <7vhc4z7oia.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <87k59wc73n.fsf@jidanni.org> <7vzlitho1o.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20081220065135.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> <20081219222209.GG21154@genesis.frugalware.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Nanako Shiraishi , jidanni@jidanni.org, gitster@pobox.com, git@vger.kernel.org To: Miklos Vajna X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Dec 20 00:08:57 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LDoSk-0007fs-G5 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:08:54 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752799AbYLSXHg (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:07:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752604AbYLSXHf (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:07:35 -0500 Received: from a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com ([207.106.133.19]:62514 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752424AbYLSXHe (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:07:34 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 917AE89C2C; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:07:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [68.225.240.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5C7B289C29; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:07:27 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20081219222209.GG21154@genesis.frugalware.org> (Miklos Vajna's message of "Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:22:09 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: D18BEB88-CE21-11DD-8D79-5720C92D7133-77302942!a-sasl-fastnet.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Miklos Vajna writes: > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 06:51:35AM +0900, Nanako Shiraishi 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 >> " 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.