From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 03:12:02 GMT
Subject: Re: What shall we do with the GECOS field again?
Message-ID: <200509200312.j8K3C2KZ002935@inti.inf.utfsm.cl>
In-Reply-To: <junkio@cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
> > The Perl User::pwent module seems to agree, btw (also about '&'):
> >
> >    "Interpretation of the gecos field varies between systems, but
> >     traditionally holds 4 comma-separated fields containing the user's
> >     full name, office location, work phone number, and home phone number.  
> >
> >     An & in the gecos field should be replaced by the user's properly
> >     capitalized login name."
> 
> I vaguelly recall seeing that & somewhere and wondering what
> they do with mcdonalds ;-)

You can't use it in that case.

> > I still worry about names of the type "Torvalds, Linus", but maybe that's 
> > just not an issue.
> 
> Does not appear to be.  So I'd vote for us doing the "cut at
> first comma, substitute & with toupper(login[0])+login[1..]".

That is exactly the intent.
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