Re: RFC: MAINTAINER email address style?

Andrew Morton
2009-05-11T00:53:48Z

On Sun, 10 May 2009 22:53:26 +0200 Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote:

> > Should names and email addresses in MAINTAINERS be integrated?
> > Should it stay as-is or be changed to:
> >
> > M: name <email>
> > M: name2 <email2>
>
> I strongly prefer this style. It fits the way I do
> copy'n'paste of selected email addresses.
>
> If I want to add Rafael in a Cc: line I have to
> anually add "" to surround his name due to the "J." and I
> have to manually add <>.

Yup, I do that operation many times per day and it's a pita. I'd much
prefer something in MAINTAINERS which I can just copy-n-paste into a
changelog and into an email client.

I go to my email client address book first, because it presents the
info in the correct form, and has tab-completion. But sometimes my
address book has people's non-preferred or old addresses in it, and not
everyone has an address book as voluminous as mine.