From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Cc: Simon Arlott <simon@fire.lp0.eu>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 463 kernel developers missing!
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:36:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080729013650.GG28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910807281825v42f9700al420ba48aebf3d790@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 09:25:39PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> On 7/28/08, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 03:00:13PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Other people aren't perfect, I've found over 1,000 typos in the those
> > > names and emails. We need a validation mechanism.
> >
> > Who's "we", luser, and why would I possibly give a damn for your needs?
>
> Let's drop the whole Sign-off-by mechanism. If we can't be bothered to
> clean up the junk in Signed-off-by why should we bother recording
> them? Sign every patch Mickey Mouse, it has the same effect.
That still doesn't answer either of my questions. As for your question, the
point is to have them good enough to make an individual changeset feasible
to track.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-29 1:37 UTC|newest]
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2008-07-28 14:45 463 kernel developers missing! Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 15:20 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 15:35 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-28 15:45 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 15:52 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-28 15:58 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 16:12 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 17:15 ` Christian Borntraeger
2008-07-28 17:25 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-29 5:19 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-28 15:45 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-28 15:55 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 16:20 ` Joe Perches
2008-07-28 16:47 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 17:07 ` Stefan Richter
2008-07-28 16:54 ` Simon Arlott
2008-07-28 17:05 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 17:10 ` Simon Arlott
2008-07-28 17:22 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 17:58 ` Michael Krufky
2008-07-28 18:10 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 18:11 ` Simon Arlott
2008-07-28 18:19 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 18:34 ` Simon Arlott
2008-07-28 19:00 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 20:22 ` Theodore Tso
2008-07-28 20:38 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 20:46 ` Dave Jones
2008-07-28 21:14 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-07-28 22:01 ` James Morris
2008-07-28 23:41 ` Paul Mundt
2008-07-29 0:14 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-29 0:29 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-29 0:33 ` Paul Mundt
2008-07-29 0:50 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-29 10:39 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-29 13:44 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-29 14:22 ` Pekka Enberg
2008-07-29 14:27 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-29 14:34 ` Pekka Enberg
2008-07-29 14:40 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-29 14:34 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-30 7:24 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-30 8:37 ` Stefan Richter
2008-07-30 12:46 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-30 12:54 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-30 15:32 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-30 16:32 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-30 16:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-30 19:41 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-30 19:47 ` Ray Lee
2008-07-30 20:00 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-30 20:24 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-30 20:27 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-30 20:38 ` Stefan Richter
2008-07-30 17:05 ` Stefan Richter
2008-07-30 15:02 ` Stefan Richter
2008-07-30 15:04 ` David Schwartz
2008-07-30 14:53 ` Alan Cox
2008-07-30 15:23 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-30 15:14 ` Alan Cox
2008-07-30 15:51 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-30 15:44 ` Alan Cox
2008-07-30 16:40 ` Theodore Tso
2008-07-30 16:49 ` Alan Cox
2008-07-30 18:58 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-30 21:05 ` Simon Arlott
2008-07-30 18:03 ` David Schwartz
2008-07-30 19:49 ` Stefan Richter
2008-07-30 22:25 ` David Schwartz
2008-07-30 22:32 ` Alan Cox
2008-07-30 23:33 ` David Schwartz
2008-07-31 4:20 ` Kyle Moffett
2008-07-31 7:01 ` Stefan Richter
2008-07-31 20:59 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-30 15:09 ` Stefan Richter
2008-07-30 15:08 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-30 12:43 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-30 12:58 ` Paul Rolland
2008-07-30 13:05 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-30 17:53 ` Simon Arlott
2008-07-28 22:08 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 22:32 ` Theodore Tso
2008-07-28 22:38 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-07-28 22:52 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-28 22:38 ` Stefan Richter
2008-07-29 9:58 ` Nick Piggin
2008-07-30 7:42 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-29 1:15 ` Al Viro
2008-07-29 1:25 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-29 1:36 ` Al Viro [this message]
2008-07-29 2:01 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-29 2:50 ` Theodore Tso
2008-07-29 3:23 ` Jon Smirl
2008-07-29 4:13 ` Theodore Tso
2008-07-29 4:15 ` Theodore Tso
2008-07-29 5:05 ` Jon Smirl
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2008-07-30 11:41 ` Bodo Eggert
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