From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754611Ab1IGBso (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Sep 2011 21:48:44 -0400 Received: from imr3.ericy.com ([198.24.6.13]:40165 "EHLO imr3.ericy.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753685Ab1IGBsh (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Sep 2011 21:48:37 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 18:47:25 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck To: Linus Torvalds CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org" Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] hwmon fixes for 3.1 Message-ID: <20110907014725.GC22609@ericsson.com> References: <1315325608-17922-1-git-send-email-guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 07:16:13PM -0400, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Guenter Roeck > wrote: > > > > Please pull hwmon subsystem fixes for Linux 3.1 from: > > > >    git://github.com/groeck/linux.git hwmon-for-linus > > Guys, when using some general git hosting site, I really want some > proof that you are you. Not just a "please pull". > > Tell me *why* I should believe that this is a real pull request from > the proper source. Otherwise I'll just wait until kernel.org is back > to life, where random people can't just create repositories and send > email. > Hi Linus, sorry, I didn't think that far. You are absolutely right. No idea if and how I can prove that I am me. Generate a PGP signature ? Can't everyone do that and subsequently claim to be me ? All I represent (technically) is an account on kernel.org, which might not even exist anymore. On the high side, there is only one "Guenter Roeck" in the US, so if you want you can look me up and give me a call. But even if you would do that, you still won't know for sure if the person talking to you is the electronic "me". So I guess we are stuck. The fixes are not that important and can wait. Please ignore my pull request; I'll re-send it after kernel.org is up and running again. Thanks, Guenter